Where Lattice butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon rafflesii, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,608 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon rafflesii through GBIF, from 31 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
- 2,608
- Countries / areas
- 31
- Mapped locations
- 315
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,608
- Inland records omitted
- 43
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385503
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 557 records; Indonesia — 411 records; Fiji — 296 records; Solomon Islands — 232 records; New Caledonia — 195 records; Philippines — 180 records; Vanuatu — 129 records; Palau — 126 records; Tonga — 108 records; Papua New Guinea — 87 records; American Samoa — 46 records; Thailand — 39 records; Japan — 32 records; Wallis and Futuna — 26 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 24 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385503) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385503&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273357 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,608 of the 2,608 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 31 of the 31 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
43 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 2385503) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385503&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273357 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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