Where Harlequin sweetlips has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 864 records; Indonesia — 528 records; Philippines — 373 records; New Caledonia — 276 records; Malaysia — 114 records; Fiji — 112 records; Palau — 108 records; Thailand — 78 records; Maldives — 71 records; Papua New Guinea — 40 records; Singapore — 40 records; Solomon Islands — 39 records; Japan — 38 records; Vanuatu — 19 records; India — 15 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2382701) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382701&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 2,794 of the 2,794 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 33 of the 33 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

59 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 2382701) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382701&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273483 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.