Where French grunt has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 41,889 records; Puerto Rico — 3,269 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 2,861 records; Colombia — 2,574 records; Mexico — 1,267 records; Belize — 390 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 375 records; Guadeloupe — 331 records; Bahamas — 324 records; Curaçao — 258 records; Martinique — 215 records; Jamaica — 208 records; Honduras — 167 records; Cayman Islands — 147 records; Panama — 143 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2382521) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382521&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=275727 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 55,370 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 34 of the 39 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 28 records in total (Haiti, Anguilla, Nicaragua, Brazil, French Guiana).

32 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 2382521) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382521&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275727 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.