Where Sunset butterflyfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 2,183 records; American Samoa — 2,053 records; French Polynesia — 917 records; Tonga — 766 records; New Caledonia — 392 records; Fiji — 186 records; Vanuatu — 77 records; Solomon Islands — 40 records; Wallis and Futuna — 35 records; Niue — 32 records; Cook Islands — 31 records; Papua New Guinea — 18 records; Tuvalu — 18 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 12 records; Norfolk Island — 9 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 8036617) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=8036617&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 6,797 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 17 of the 24 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 31 records in total (Micronesia (Federated States of), Samoa, Palau, Nauru, Kiribati, Guam, Chinese Taipei).

10 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 8036617) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=8036617&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273353 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.