Where Golden butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon aureofasciatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
4,640 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon aureofasciatus through GBIF, from 8 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
- 4,640
- Countries / areas
- 8
- Mapped locations
- 116
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 7
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385421
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 4,621 records; Palau — 8 records; Indonesia — 6 records; Cook Islands — 1 records; Marshall Islands — 1 records; Nauru — 1 records; Papua New Guinea — 1 records; Tonga — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385421) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385421&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,640 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 2 of the 8 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 13 records in total (Palau, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga).
7 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 2385421) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385421&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273326 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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