Where Ocellated frogfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Fowlerichthys ocellatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
16,050 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Fowlerichthys ocellatus through GBIF, from 11 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
- 16,050
- Countries / areas
- 11
- Mapped locations
- 24
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 3
- Gbif taxonkey
- 7193721
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 15,581 records; Puerto Rico — 444 records; Mexico — 10 records; Saint Barthélemy — 3 records; Honduras — 3 records; Canada — 2 records; Colombia — 2 records; Bahamas — 1 records; New Zealand — 1 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 1 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7193721) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7193721&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 16,050 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 4 of the 11 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 12 records in total (Saint Barthélemy, Honduras, Canada, Bahamas, New Zealand, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Virgin Islands (U.S.)).
3 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 7193721) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7193721&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712507 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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