Where Paintspotted moray has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Gymnothorax pictus, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,159 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Gymnothorax pictus through GBIF, from 61 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
- 2,159
- Countries / areas
- 61
- Mapped locations
- 384
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,159
- Inland records omitted
- 49
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2403789
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 467 records; Australia — 410 records; French Polynesia — 92 records; Fiji — 85 records; Seychelles — 74 records; Maldives — 73 records; Indonesia — 72 records; Kenya — 72 records; South Africa — 63 records; Marshall Islands — 55 records; Japan — 51 records; Chinese Taipei — 48 records; British Indian Ocean Territory — 42 records; Guam — 29 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 29 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2403789) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2403789&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; South Africa (country); Madagascar; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217491 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,159 of the 2,159 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 61 of the 61 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
49 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 2403789) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2403789&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217491 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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