Where Northern red snapper has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lutjanus campechanus, mapped and tabulated by country.
3,249 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lutjanus campechanus through GBIF, from 24 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
- 3,249
- Countries / areas
- 24
- Mapped locations
- 206
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 52
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2384865
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 2,408 records; Puerto Rico — 445 records; Mexico — 313 records; Costa Rica — 16 records; Colombia — 15 records; Belize — 7 records; French Guiana — 6 records; Canada — 5 records; Guyana — 5 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 5 records; Brazil — 4 records; Bahamas — 4 records; Cuba — 3 records; New Zealand — 2 records; Australia — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2384865) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2384865&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159795 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,249 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 18 of the 24 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 8 records in total (Cuba, Aruba, Honduras, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)).
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 2384865) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2384865&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159795 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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