Where Coral hawkfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus, mapped and tabulated by country.
5,635 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus through GBIF, from 55 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
- 5,635
- Countries / areas
- 55
- Mapped locations
- 313
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 43
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2375154
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Ecuador — 1,152 records; Mexico — 1,107 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 851 records; Costa Rica — 329 records; Panama — 275 records; Indonesia — 248 records; Australia — 183 records; Seychelles — 180 records; South Africa — 176 records; Colombia — 136 records; Maldives — 97 records; French Polynesia — 73 records; Philippines — 72 records; Fiji — 57 records; Papua New Guinea — 46 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2375154) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2375154&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Red Sea; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; South Africa (country); Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218853 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,635 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 48 of the 55 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 64 records in total (British Indian Ocean Territory, French Southern Territories, France, Vanuatu, United States of America, Eritrea, Guatemala).
43 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 2375154) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2375154&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218853 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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