Where Eightband butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon octofasciatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,298 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon octofasciatus through GBIF, from 23 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
- 1,298
- Countries / areas
- 23
- Mapped locations
- 163
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,298
- Inland records omitted
- 58
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385381
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Thailand — 288 records; Philippines — 200 records; Indonesia — 193 records; Malaysia — 191 records; Palau — 77 records; Australia — 72 records; Chinese Taipei — 52 records; Papua New Guinea — 51 records; Solomon Islands — 38 records; Hong Kong — 37 records; Viet Nam — 28 records; Singapore — 27 records; China — 13 records; Cambodia — 11 records; India — 6 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385381) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385381&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218746 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,298 of the 1,298 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 23 of the 23 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
58 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 2385381) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385381&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218746 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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