Where Longhorn cowfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lactoria cornuta, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,796 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lactoria cornuta through GBIF, from 45 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
- 1,796
- Countries / areas
- 45
- Mapped locations
- 312
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,796
- Inland records omitted
- 97
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2408107
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 691 records; Indonesia — 223 records; Mozambique — 188 records; Philippines — 162 records; Japan — 48 records; French Polynesia — 46 records; New Caledonia — 33 records; Chinese Taipei — 30 records; Tanzania, United Republic of — 30 records; Viet Nam — 30 records; Madagascar — 29 records; Hong Kong — 28 records; Sri Lanka — 26 records; Kenya — 24 records; China — 21 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2408107) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408107&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219904 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,796 of the 1,796 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 45 of the 45 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
97 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 2408107) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408107&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219904 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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