Where Cottonwick grunt has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Haemulon melanurum, mapped and tabulated by country.
23,091 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Haemulon melanurum through GBIF, from 29 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
- 23,091
- Countries / areas
- 29
- Mapped locations
- 42
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 8
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2382540
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 20,673 records; Puerto Rico — 2,100 records; Mexico — 142 records; Colombia — 33 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 18 records; Brazil — 17 records; Bahamas — 14 records; Jamaica — 14 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 14 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 13 records; Martinique — 9 records; Bermuda — 6 records; Cuba — 5 records; Aruba — 4 records; Saint Barthélemy — 3 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2382540) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382540&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275730 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 23,091 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 17 of the 29 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 52 records in total (Virgin Islands (U.S.), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Cuba, Saint Barthélemy, Belize, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Anguilla).
8 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 2382540) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382540&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275730 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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