Where Goldentail moray has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 18,147 records; Puerto Rico — 2,115 records; Brazil — 284 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 229 records; Mexico — 132 records; Guadeloupe — 131 records; Martinique — 107 records; Curaçao — 82 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 58 records; Bahamas — 49 records; Cabo Verde — 46 records; Honduras — 44 records; Colombia — 35 records; Belize — 33 records; Cayman Islands — 27 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2403816) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2403816&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

Gulf of Mexico.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271852 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 21,746 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 37 of the 48 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 33 records in total (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Western Sahara).

17 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 2403816) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2403816&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271852 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.