Where Javelin grunter has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Pomadasys kaakan, mapped and tabulated by country.
19,326 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Pomadasys kaakan through GBIF, from 26 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
- 19,326
- Countries / areas
- 26
- Mapped locations
- 132
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 81
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2382902
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 17,592 records; Mozambique — 1,181 records; Chinese Taipei — 329 records; South Africa — 40 records; Malaysia — 33 records; Indonesia — 29 records; India — 25 records; Singapore — 12 records; Thailand — 12 records; Viet Nam — 12 records; Philippines — 11 records; Myanmar — 9 records; Madagascar — 7 records; Papua New Guinea — 7 records; Pakistan — 7 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2382902) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382902&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country).
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218566 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 19,326 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 22 of the 26 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 11 records in total (Pakistan, Eritrea, China, Yemen).
81 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 2382902) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2382902&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218566 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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