Where Crochet butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon guentheri, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,318 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon guentheri through GBIF, from 11 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
- 1,318
- Countries / areas
- 11
- Mapped locations
- 61
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,318
- Inland records omitted
- 20
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385510
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,239 records; Indonesia — 40 records; Chinese Taipei — 16 records; Japan — 7 records; Philippines — 6 records; New Caledonia — 3 records; China — 1 records; New Zealand — 1 records; Papua New Guinea — 1 records; Palau — 1 records; Thailand — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385510) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385510&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,318 of the 1,318 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 11 of the 11 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
20 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 2385510) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385510&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273341 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Related in Crochet butterflyfish
Links follow this subject's own source article.
Elsewhere in Crochet butterflyfish
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced