Where Australian blackspot shark has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Carcharhinus coatesi, mapped and tabulated by country.
Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
2,213 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Carcharhinus coatesi through GBIF, from 7 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
- 2,213
- Countries / areas
- 7
- Mapped locations
- 267
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,213
- Inland records omitted
- 8
- Gbif taxonkey
- 7466803
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 2,077 records; Papua New Guinea — 124 records; Kuwait — 6 records; Norfolk Island — 2 records; Qatar — 2 records; Indonesia — 1 records; India — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7466803) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7466803&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,213 of the 2,213 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 7 of the 7 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
8 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 7466803) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7466803&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1014961 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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