Where Longsnout butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Prognathodes aculeatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
20,947 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Prognathodes aculeatus through GBIF, from 30 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
- 20,947
- Countries / areas
- 30
- Mapped locations
- 65
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 4
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385596
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 17,471 records; Puerto Rico — 2,421 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 508 records; Guadeloupe — 117 records; Colombia — 91 records; Martinique — 86 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 51 records; Bahamas — 36 records; Dominica — 20 records; Jamaica — 19 records; Honduras — 16 records; Curaçao — 14 records; Mexico — 14 records; Cayman Islands — 13 records; Saint Lucia — 11 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385596) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385596&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273369 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 20,947 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 24 of the 30 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 23 records in total (Brazil, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Barbados, Saint Barthélemy, Dominican Republic, Bermuda).
4 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 2385596) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385596&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273369 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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