Where Arc-eye hawkfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Paracirrhites arcatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
25,515 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Paracirrhites arcatus through GBIF, from 47 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 25,515
- Countries / areas
- 47
- Mapped locations
- 284
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 24
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5208726
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 9,461 records; American Samoa — 3,844 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 3,702 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 3,145 records; Australia — 1,279 records; Guam — 1,241 records; French Polynesia — 819 records; Fiji — 224 records; Tonga — 204 records; Réunion — 186 records; New Caledonia — 136 records; Indonesia — 113 records; Palau — 99 records; Japan — 91 records; Christmas Island — 90 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5208726) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5208726&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Chagos.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218866 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 25,515 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 45 of the 47 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 27 records in total (French Southern Territories, Norfolk Island).
24 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5208726) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5208726&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218866 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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