Where Western talma has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chelmonops curiosus, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,745 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chelmonops curiosus through GBIF, from 1 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
- 2,745
- Countries / areas
- 1
- Mapped locations
- 45
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,745
- Inland records omitted
- 23
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385302
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 2,745 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385302) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385302&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,745 of the 2,745 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 1 of the 1 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
23 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 2385302) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385302&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280141 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Where Western talma has been recorded?
It is the distribution page in the Western talma fan encyclopedia that gathers every coordinate-tagged sighting into one place. It currently tracks 2,745 georeferenced occurrence records pulled from GBIF.
What are Where Western talma has been recorded's powers/role?
Its job is to map and tabulate all published records by country or marine area so fans can see the species' documented range at a glance. It also flags the 23 inland entries that fall outside the expected coastal distribution and sets them aside.
Why is Where Western talma has been recorded important?
It condenses data from a single country or marine area into 45 distinct mapped locations, giving the fan community a concrete, visual sense of the species' documented range. Without that aggregation, individual GBIF entries would be scattered and hard to interpret as a whole.
What is Where Western talma has been recorded's GBIF taxonKey?
The identifier fans use to pull the same dataset straight from the GBIF portal is 2385302. It links every record on the page back to the Chelmonops curiosus taxon entry.
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