Where Pennant bannerfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Heniochus chrysostomus, mapped and tabulated by country.
4,115 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Heniochus chrysostomus through GBIF, from 36 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
- 4,115
- Countries / areas
- 36
- Mapped locations
- 355
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 29
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385724
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
French Polynesia — 753 records; Australia — 636 records; New Caledonia — 380 records; Indonesia — 290 records; Fiji — 279 records; Tonga — 254 records; American Samoa — 211 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 199 records; Guam — 153 records; Solomon Islands — 148 records; Palau — 126 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 95 records; Philippines — 88 records; Papua New Guinea — 76 records; Marshall Islands — 58 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385724) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385724&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,115 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 33 of the 36 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 12 records in total (Nauru, Thailand, United States of America).
29 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 2385724) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385724&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276748 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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