Where Bluestripe pipefish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Doryrhamphus excisus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,157 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Doryrhamphus excisus through GBIF, from 56 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
- 1,157
- Countries / areas
- 56
- Mapped locations
- 283
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,157
- Inland records omitted
- 52
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4286276
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Mexico — 211 records; French Polynesia — 95 records; Japan — 89 records; Panama — 81 records; Ecuador — 62 records; Fiji — 57 records; United States of America — 57 records; Costa Rica — 50 records; Australia — 41 records; Mauritius — 37 records; New Caledonia — 32 records; Marshall Islands — 26 records; Indonesia — 25 records; Seychelles — 19 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 18 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4286276) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4286276&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; South Africa (country); Chagos; Cargados Carajos; Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218002 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,157 of the 1,157 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 56 of the 56 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
52 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 4286276) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4286276&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218002 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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