Where Checkered snapper has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lutjanus decussatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,393 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lutjanus decussatus through GBIF, from 16 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
- 1,393
- Countries / areas
- 16
- Mapped locations
- 176
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,393
- Inland records omitted
- 43
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2384996
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 447 records; Indonesia — 366 records; Philippines — 206 records; Thailand — 131 records; Malaysia — 89 records; Japan — 36 records; Palau — 29 records; Chinese Taipei — 23 records; India — 20 records; Sri Lanka — 17 records; Myanmar — 11 records; Timor-Leste — 9 records; Maldives — 5 records; Bangladesh — 2 records; Christmas Island — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2384996) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2384996&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,393 of the 1,393 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 16 of the 16 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 2384996) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2384996&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276530 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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