Where Indo-Pacific sergeant has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Abudefduf vaigiensis, mapped and tabulated by country.
11,165 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Abudefduf vaigiensis through GBIF, from 79 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
- 11,165
- Countries / areas
- 79
- Mapped locations
- 338
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 91
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2398634
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 2,119 records; Chinese Taipei — 1,647 records; United States of America — 1,238 records; Egypt — 1,042 records; Japan — 781 records; Indonesia — 689 records; Thailand — 351 records; Philippines — 272 records; South Africa — 242 records; Solomon Islands — 217 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 211 records; Maldives — 186 records; Malaysia — 131 records; Kenya — 127 records; New Caledonia — 127 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2398634) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398634&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Mediterranean Sea; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea; Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Syrian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Greek part of the Ionian Sea.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212879 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 11,165 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 53 of the 79 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 245 records in total (American Samoa, Tonga, Marshall Islands, French Southern Territories, Djibouti, French Polynesia, Comoros, Dominican Republic).
91 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 2398634) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398634&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212879 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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