Where Golden-lined spinefoot has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Siganus lineatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,021 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Siganus lineatus through GBIF, from 22 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
- 2,021
- Countries / areas
- 22
- Mapped locations
- 152
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,021
- Inland records omitted
- 36
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2390288
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,110 records; Solomon Islands — 324 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 270 records; Indonesia — 95 records; New Caledonia — 77 records; Palau — 41 records; Papua New Guinea — 39 records; Vanuatu — 20 records; Philippines — 9 records; Maldives — 7 records; Marshall Islands — 4 records; Malaysia — 4 records; Thailand — 4 records; Sri Lanka — 3 records; Wallis and Futuna — 3 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2390288) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2390288&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273916 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,021 of the 2,021 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 22 of the 22 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
36 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 2390288) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2390288&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273916 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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