Where Finetooth shark has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Carcharhinus isodon, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,023 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Carcharhinus isodon through GBIF, from 20 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
- 1,023
- Countries / areas
- 20
- Mapped locations
- 62
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,023
- Inland records omitted
- 79
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2418043
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Brazil — 376 records; United States of America — 233 records; Nigeria — 78 records; Gabon — 56 records; Ghana — 49 records; Liberia — 47 records; Côte d’Ivoire — 46 records; Cameroon — 27 records; Sierra Leone — 26 records; Guinea — 23 records; Guinea-Bissau — 15 records; Equatorial Guinea — 13 records; Congo, Democratic Republic of the — 8 records; Congo — 8 records; Togo — 8 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2418043) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2418043&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105791 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,023 of the 1,023 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 20 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
79 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 2418043) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2418043&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105791 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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