Where Foureye butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon capistratus, mapped and tabulated by country.
42,166 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon capistratus through GBIF, from 41 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
- 42,166
- Countries / areas
- 41
- Mapped locations
- 141
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 32
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385548
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 30,405 records; Puerto Rico — 3,442 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 2,249 records; Colombia — 2,179 records; Mexico — 933 records; Guadeloupe — 462 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 376 records; Belize — 264 records; Honduras — 228 records; Panama — 212 records; Martinique — 151 records; Cayman Islands — 148 records; Bahamas — 147 records; Curaçao — 140 records; Cuba — 128 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385548) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385548&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159661 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 42,166 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 36 of the 41 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 51 records in total (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Haiti, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau).
32 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 2385548) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385548&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159661 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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