Where Dory snapper has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lutjanus fulviflamma, mapped and tabulated by country.
5,122 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lutjanus fulviflamma through GBIF, from 58 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
- 5,122
- Countries / areas
- 58
- Mapped locations
- 308
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 79
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2384777
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 3,033 records; New Caledonia — 196 records; Kenya — 187 records; South Africa — 163 records; Seychelles — 120 records; Japan — 117 records; Indonesia — 116 records; Mozambique — 104 records; Fiji — 102 records; Philippines — 96 records; Chinese Taipei — 91 records; Tonga — 83 records; Egypt — 82 records; Madagascar — 81 records; Wallis and Futuna — 78 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2384777) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2384777&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; East Africa; Red Sea; Watamu; Gazi Bay; Ungama Bay.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218490 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,122 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 44 of the 58 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 119 records in total (Wallis and Futuna, Eritrea, New Zealand, Réunion, Somalia, Samoa, Bahrain, Comoros).
79 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 2384777) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2384777&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218490 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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