Where Pink whipray has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 1,518 records; French Polynesia — 355 records; Seychelles — 325 records; Maldives — 136 records; Marshall Islands — 18 records; New Caledonia — 16 records; South Africa — 14 records; Malaysia — 11 records; Egypt — 10 records; American Samoa — 9 records; Palau — 8 records; Indonesia — 7 records; Philippines — 7 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 6 records; Fiji — 5 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 9328654) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=9328654&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 2,492 of the 2,492 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 40 of the 40 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

26 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 9328654) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=9328654&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1043416 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.