Where Threebanded butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon humeralis, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,503 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon humeralis 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
- 2,503
- Countries / areas
- 11
- Mapped locations
- 136
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,503
- Inland records omitted
- 64
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385520
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Mexico — 1,153 records; Ecuador — 565 records; Costa Rica — 320 records; Panama — 230 records; Colombia — 178 records; Peru — 28 records; El Salvador — 14 records; Nicaragua — 10 records; Guatemala — 3 records; Philippines — 1 records; United States of America — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385520) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385520&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,503 of the 2,503 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.
64 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 2385520) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385520&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273343 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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