Where Butter hamlet has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Hypoplectrus unicolor, mapped and tabulated by country.
32,077 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Hypoplectrus unicolor through GBIF, from 37 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
- 32,077
- Countries / areas
- 37
- Mapped locations
- 77
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 12
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2388770
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 28,391 records; Puerto Rico — 2,461 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 608 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 83 records; Belize — 65 records; Guadeloupe — 57 records; Colombia — 48 records; Honduras — 43 records; Mexico — 40 records; Jamaica — 33 records; Cayman Islands — 33 records; Curaçao — 28 records; Martinique — 28 records; Panama — 25 records; Bermuda — 21 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2388770) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2388770&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=281121 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 32,077 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 24 of the 37 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 55 records in total (Bermuda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Thailand, Saint Barthélemy, Haiti, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda).
12 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 2388770) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2388770&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281121 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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