Where Yellowbanded sweetlips has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Indonesia — 414 records; Australia — 386 records; New Caledonia — 347 records; Philippines — 87 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 69 records; Papua New Guinea — 39 records; Palau — 38 records; Solomon Islands — 27 records; Malaysia — 26 records; French Polynesia — 15 records; Timor-Leste — 14 records; Chinese Taipei — 13 records; Vanuatu — 11 records; Japan — 10 records; Fiji — 4 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2382650) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382650&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 1,507 of the 1,507 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 20 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

33 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 2382650) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382650&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273489 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.