Where Fusilier damselfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lepidozygus tapeinosoma, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,948 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lepidozygus tapeinosoma through GBIF, from 36 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
- 1,948
- Countries / areas
- 36
- Mapped locations
- 154
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,948
- Inland records omitted
- 7
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2398762
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States Minor Outlying Islands — 1,121 records; French Polynesia — 212 records; American Samoa — 120 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 119 records; Australia — 80 records; Seychelles — 64 records; Indonesia — 31 records; New Caledonia — 24 records; South Africa — 23 records; Fiji — 21 records; Solomon Islands — 13 records; Palau — 12 records; French Southern Territories — 12 records; Comoros — 10 records; Papua New Guinea — 9 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2398762) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398762&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Madagascar; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; South Africa (country); Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212793 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,948 of the 1,948 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 36 of the 36 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
7 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 2398762) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398762&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212793 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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