Where Cherubfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 16,022 records; Puerto Rico — 2,363 records; Mexico — 44 records; Bahamas — 34 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 33 records; Bermuda — 30 records; Martinique — 29 records; Guadeloupe — 21 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 19 records; Colombia — 13 records; Curaçao — 10 records; Saint Lucia — 7 records; Aruba — 6 records; Philippines — 6 records; Barbados — 3 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2396546) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2396546&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

Gulf of Mexico.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278827 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 18,670 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 16 of the 31 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 59 records in total (Bermuda, Philippines, Barbados, Saint Barthélemy, French Guiana, Dominican Republic, French Polynesia, United States Minor Outlying Islands).

5 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 2396546) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2396546&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278827 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.