Where Leopard fish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Bohadschia argus, mapped and tabulated by country.
4,731 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Bohadschia argus through GBIF, from 38 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
- 4,731
- Countries / areas
- 38
- Mapped locations
- 229
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 24
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5188185
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
French Polynesia — 1,293 records; New Caledonia — 699 records; Australia — 599 records; Wallis and Futuna — 557 records; Palau — 236 records; Samoa — 198 records; Fiji — 146 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 145 records; Tonga — 117 records; Vanuatu — 107 records; Papua New Guinea — 83 records; Philippines — 78 records; Marshall Islands — 69 records; Indonesia — 66 records; Kiribati — 55 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5188185) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5188185&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
West Indian Ocean; Madagascar; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; Red Sea.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210768 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,731 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 29 of the 38 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 13 records in total (Israel, Sri Lanka, Russian Federation, South Africa, Ireland, India, Mauritius, Norway).
24 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 5188185) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5188185&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210768 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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