Where Oval butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon lunulatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
11,243 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon lunulatus through GBIF, from 39 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
- 11,243
- Countries / areas
- 39
- Mapped locations
- 308
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 38
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385403
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 2026-09-23.
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 2026-09-23.
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