Where Roundbelly cowfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lactoria diaphana, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,363 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lactoria diaphana through GBIF, from 27 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
- 1,363
- Countries / areas
- 27
- Mapped locations
- 234
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,363
- Inland records omitted
- 56
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2408118
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 904 records; United States of America — 125 records; Japan — 81 records; South Africa — 63 records; Mexico — 43 records; Indonesia — 23 records; Chinese Taipei — 17 records; Philippines — 13 records; Chile — 9 records; France — 5 records; Mozambique — 5 records; New Caledonia — 5 records; New Zealand — 3 records; China — 2 records; American Samoa — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2408118) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408118&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219903 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,363 of the 1,363 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 27 of the 27 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
56 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 2408118) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408118&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219903 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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