Where Blacktail snapper has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lutjanus fulvus, mapped and tabulated by country.
7,119 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lutjanus fulvus through GBIF, from 52 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
- 7,119
- Countries / areas
- 52
- Mapped locations
- 322
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 52
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385096
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 1,412 records; French Polynesia — 696 records; Australia — 456 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 375 records; Solomon Islands — 359 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 353 records; Tonga — 286 records; American Samoa — 281 records; New Caledonia — 275 records; Japan — 228 records; Indonesia — 223 records; Fiji — 201 records; Wallis and Futuna — 198 records; Kiribati — 177 records; Seychelles — 174 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385096) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385096&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; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; Chagos; Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218475 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 7,119 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 46 of the 52 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 65 records in total (Nauru, French Southern Territories, Somalia, China, Norfolk Island, Trinidad and Tobago).
52 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 2385096) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385096&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218475 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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