Where Leopard fish has been recorded

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 2026-09-25.

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 2026-09-25.

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 2026-09-25.