Where Banded butterflyfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 20,759 records; Brazil — 5,064 records; Puerto Rico — 2,928 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 770 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 386 records; Colombia — 366 records; Guadeloupe — 288 records; Mexico — 267 records; Curaçao — 181 records; Martinique — 177 records; Belize — 117 records; Honduras — 102 records; Bahamas — 91 records; Cayman Islands — 82 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 77 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7906686) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7906686&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

North West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159663 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 32,276 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 38 of the 42 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 5 records in total (Fiji, Ghana, Malaysia, Tonga).

44 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 7906686) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7906686&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159663 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.