Where Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon ulietensis, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
4,556 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon ulietensis through GBIF, from 37 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 4,556
- Mapped locations
- 304
- Inland records omitted
- 20
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385416
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,088 records; French Polynesia — 838 records; New Caledonia — 432 records; Tonga — 311 records; Fiji — 290 records; Indonesia — 184 records; Guam — 177 records; American Samoa — 167 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 139 records; Wallis and Futuna — 114 records; Palau — 102 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 94 records; Solomon Islands — 89 records; Papua New Guinea — 61 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 59 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385416) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385416&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218717 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,556 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 33 of the 37 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 6 records in total (Nauru, Niue, China, Madagascar).
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 2385416) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385416&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218717 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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