Where Short-tail stingray has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Bathytoshia brevicaudata, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
26,700 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Bathytoshia brevicaudata through GBIF, from 16 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 26,700
- Mapped locations
- 61
- Inland records omitted
- 76
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2419488
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 25,426 records; New Zealand — 1,115 records; South Africa — 123 records; Mozambique — 11 records; Japan — 4 records; Cayman Islands — 2 records; Turks and Caicos Islands — 2 records; Timor-Leste — 2 records; Bahamas — 1 records; Egypt — 1 records; Honduras — 1 records; Korea, Republic of — 1 records; Malta — 1 records; Maldives — 1 records; Seychelles — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2419488) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2419488&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 26,700 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 5 of the 16 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 24 records in total (Mozambique, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Timor-Leste, Bahamas, Egypt, Honduras, Malta).
76 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 2419488) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2419488&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=316573 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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