Where Masked spinefoot has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 1,125 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 337 records; Indonesia — 295 records; New Caledonia — 227 records; Palau — 151 records; Solomon Islands — 134 records; Marshall Islands — 63 records; Philippines — 63 records; Papua New Guinea — 46 records; Malaysia — 41 records; Vanuatu — 36 records; Japan — 16 records; Cocos (Keeling) Islands — 8 records; Kiribati — 6 records; Timor-Leste — 6 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2390277) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2390277&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 2,560 of the 2,560 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 19 of the 19 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

28 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 2390277) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2390277&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273920 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.