Where Oval butterflyfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 2,561 records; French Polynesia — 1,284 records; New Caledonia — 922 records; United States of America — 893 records; Tonga — 781 records; Fiji — 555 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 520 records; Indonesia — 517 records; American Samoa — 468 records; Solomon Islands — 390 records; Palau — 252 records; Guam — 205 records; Papua New Guinea — 199 records; Philippines — 198 records; Vanuatu — 194 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385403) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385403&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 11,243 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 33 of the 39 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 9 records in total (Egypt, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Niue, Thailand, Tokelau).

38 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 2385403) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385403&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398549 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.