Where Blackside hawkfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Paracirrhites forsteri, mapped and tabulated by country.
12,993 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Paracirrhites forsteri through GBIF, from 54 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
- 12,993
- Countries / areas
- 54
- Mapped locations
- 360
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 45
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5208733
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 2,243 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 2,088 records; Australia — 1,303 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 1,242 records; Egypt — 1,202 records; American Samoa — 1,124 records; Indonesia — 525 records; French Polynesia — 477 records; Fiji — 292 records; New Caledonia — 248 records; Maldives — 245 records; Guam — 239 records; Seychelles — 132 records; Saudi Arabia — 104 records; Palau — 103 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5208733) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5208733&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Chagos; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218867 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 12,993 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 52 of the 54 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 28 records in total (French Southern Territories, Yemen).
45 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 5208733) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5208733&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218867 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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