Where Yellowbanded sweetlips has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Plectorhinchus lineatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,507 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Plectorhinchus lineatus through GBIF, from 20 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
- 1,507
- Countries / areas
- 20
- Mapped locations
- 183
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,507
- Inland records omitted
- 33
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2382650
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 2026-09-23.
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 2026-09-23.
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