Where Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Plectorhinchus vittatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,226 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Plectorhinchus vittatus through GBIF, from 40 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
- 2,226
- Countries / areas
- 40
- Mapped locations
- 307
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,226
- Inland records omitted
- 41
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2382755
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Maldives — 495 records; Indonesia — 460 records; American Samoa — 154 records; Seychelles — 135 records; Fiji — 126 records; Mayotte — 93 records; New Caledonia — 83 records; Philippines — 75 records; India — 69 records; Mozambique — 68 records; Chinese Taipei — 50 records; Japan — 43 records; Thailand — 43 records; Sri Lanka — 34 records; Solomon Islands — 34 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2382755) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382755&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Chagos; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218545 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,226 of the 2,226 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 40 of the 40 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
41 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 2382755) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382755&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218545 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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