Where Fourspot butterflyfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 2,384 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 647 records; French Polynesia — 606 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 566 records; American Samoa — 357 records; Niue — 69 records; Cook Islands — 63 records; Guam — 49 records; Tuvalu — 27 records; Marshall Islands — 23 records; Wallis and Futuna — 14 records; Kiribati — 6 records; Fiji — 2 records; Tonga — 2 records; Australia — 1 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385543) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385543&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,817 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 13 of the 16 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 8 records in total (Kiribati, Australia, Chinese Taipei).

9 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 2385543) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385543&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273356 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.