Where Greater pipefish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Syngnathus acus, mapped and tabulated by country.
14,915 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Syngnathus acus through GBIF, from 42 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
- 14,915
- Countries / areas
- 42
- Mapped locations
- 175
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 133
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2332927
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Netherlands — 4,462 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 3,404 records; France — 1,086 records; Belgium — 981 records; Ireland — 964 records; Norway — 740 records; Spain — 731 records; Sweden — 653 records; Germany — 440 records; South Africa — 405 records; Denmark — 336 records; Portugal — 192 records; Mauritania — 110 records; China — 67 records; Guernsey — 66 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2332927) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2332927&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Scheldt estuary; Oostende; Westerschelde; British Isles; Grevelingen; IJsselmeer; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; Oosterschelde; Voordelta; Wadden Sea; Zeeland; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Wimereux; Zeeschelde; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Black Sea; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127387 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 14,915 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 26 of the 42 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 136 records in total (China, Kenya, Türkiye, Montenegro, Israel, Malta, United States of America, United Arab Emirates).
133 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 2332927) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2332927&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127387 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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