Where Sand fish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Holothuria scabra, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,279 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Holothuria scabra through GBIF, from 35 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
- 1,279
- Countries / areas
- 35
- Mapped locations
- 120
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,279
- Inland records omitted
- 60
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2279170
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
New Caledonia — 439 records; Singapore — 252 records; Australia — 139 records; Fiji — 67 records; Palau — 51 records; Vanuatu — 48 records; China — 37 records; Philippines — 32 records; Papua New Guinea — 30 records; Mozambique — 27 records; Wallis and Futuna — 18 records; Kenya — 14 records; Tanzania, United Republic of — 14 records; India — 13 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 12 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2279170) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279170&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,279 of the 1,279 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 35 of the 35 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
60 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 2279170) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279170&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672770 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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