Where Pennant coralfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Heniochus acuminatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
4,325 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Heniochus acuminatus through GBIF, from 68 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
- 4,325
- Countries / areas
- 68
- Mapped locations
- 396
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 66
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385730
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,864 records; New Caledonia — 435 records; Thailand — 203 records; Japan — 182 records; Indonesia — 136 records; Fiji — 132 records; French Polynesia — 120 records; Réunion — 100 records; Chinese Taipei — 91 records; South Africa — 85 records; Philippines — 84 records; Madagascar — 63 records; Malaysia — 59 records; India — 53 records; Kiribati — 44 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385730) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385730&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; Red Sea; South Africa (country); Cargados Carajos; Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone; Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone; Black Sea; Ukrainian part of the Black Sea; Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218765 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,325 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 58 of the 68 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 41 records in total (Nauru, Samoa, Somalia, Bahrain, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Eritrea, Iraq).
66 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 2385730) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385730&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218765 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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