Where Midnight snapper has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Macolor macularis, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
3,093 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Macolor macularis through GBIF, from 30 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 3,093
- Mapped locations
- 282
- Inland records omitted
- 31
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385209
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Northern Mariana Islands — 545 records; Indonesia — 494 records; American Samoa — 443 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 231 records; Australia — 217 records; Philippines — 172 records; Solomon Islands — 129 records; Maldives — 128 records; Palau — 120 records; Papua New Guinea — 86 records; Marshall Islands — 81 records; Tonga — 77 records; Guam — 72 records; Fiji — 65 records; New Caledonia — 61 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385209) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385209&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Chagos.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218500 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,093 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 30 of the 30 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
31 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 2385209) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385209&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218500 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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