Where Bluelashed butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon bennetti, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,868 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon bennetti through GBIF, from 42 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
- 1,868
- Countries / areas
- 42
- Mapped locations
- 310
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,868
- Inland records omitted
- 16
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385308
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
New Caledonia — 449 records; Australia — 177 records; Indonesia — 130 records; French Polynesia — 116 records; Fiji — 111 records; American Samoa — 69 records; Palau — 68 records; Norfolk Island — 65 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 62 records; Guam — 57 records; Kiribati — 50 records; Solomon Islands — 50 records; Seychelles — 44 records; Maldives — 42 records; Tonga — 38 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385308) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385308&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218735 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,868 of the 1,868 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 42 of the 42 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
16 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 2385308) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385308&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218735 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries or marine areas has the Bluelashed butterflyfish been documented in?
Chaetodon bennetti has occurrence records spanning 42 distinct countries or marine areas, all drawn from the 1,868 georeferenced records currently published through GBIF.
How many mapped locations show up on the Bluelashed butterflyfish distribution page?
The page displays 310 mapped locations, which represents the full set of 1,868 records that were sampled for the visual map.
Why do some coastlines appear far more heavily populated with Bluelashed butterflyfish records than others?
Occurrence data partly mirrors where researchers and divers have actually looked, so well-surveyed coastlines tend to be over-represented relative to equally suitable but less-explored reef areas.
Were any Bluelashed butterflyfish records found in inland waters, and are they shown on the map?
Sixteen inland records were identified in the raw dataset but deliberately left off the distribution map, since the species is a marine reef fish and those entries are almost certainly mislabelled.
What GBIF taxon key do I need if I want to pull the Bluelashed butterflyfish occurrence data myself?
You can query the full record set directly through GBIF using taxonKey 2385308, which is the identifier assigned to Chaetodon bennetti in their taxonomy.
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