Where Longnose butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Forcipiger longirostris, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
2,978 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Forcipiger longirostris through GBIF, from 46 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 2,978
- Mapped locations
- 359
- Inland records omitted
- 27
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385700
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 463 records; French Polynesia — 383 records; American Samoa — 313 records; Australia — 204 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 167 records; Solomon Islands — 120 records; New Caledonia — 118 records; Indonesia — 102 records; Tonga — 101 records; Nauru — 97 records; Wallis and Futuna — 88 records; Guam — 87 records; Fiji — 83 records; Maldives — 67 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 63 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385700) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385700&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218759 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,978 of the 2,978 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 46 of the 46 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
27 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 2385700) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385700&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218759 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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