Where Blueblotch butterflyfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 4,768 records; New Caledonia — 669 records; Fiji — 198 records; Tonga — 176 records; Norfolk Island — 132 records; Japan — 73 records; Papua New Guinea — 22 records; Chinese Taipei — 19 records; Thailand — 17 records; Vanuatu — 9 records; Philippines — 4 records; Wallis and Futuna — 4 records; Hong Kong — 3 records; India — 3 records; Palau — 3 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385583) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385583&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 6,110 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 15 of the 22 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 21 records in total (Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Palau, Micronesia (Federated States of), Egypt, Sri Lanka, Maldives).

19 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 2385583) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385583&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273354 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.