Where Black hamlet has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Hypoplectrus nigricans, mapped and tabulated by country.
22,253 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Hypoplectrus nigricans through GBIF, from 25 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
- 22,253
- Countries / areas
- 25
- Mapped locations
- 61
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 10
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2388786
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 18,912 records; Puerto Rico — 2,383 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 596 records; Mexico — 82 records; Colombia — 55 records; Belize — 53 records; Panama — 26 records; Honduras — 25 records; Guadeloupe — 24 records; Martinique — 24 records; Jamaica — 23 records; Saint Martin (French part) — 11 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 8 records; Cayman Islands — 6 records; Bahamas — 5 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2388786) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2388786&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=281118 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 22,253 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 25 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 90 records in total (Mexico, Saint Barthélemy, Barbados, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Virgin Islands (British)).
10 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 2388786) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2388786&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281118 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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