Where Brown dottyback has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 1,517 records; Philippines — 112 records; Indonesia — 106 records; Palau — 89 records; Papua New Guinea — 74 records; Japan — 30 records; Vanuatu — 28 records; Solomon Islands — 25 records; Chinese Taipei — 20 records; Malaysia — 9 records; Viet Nam — 9 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 7 records; Marshall Islands — 6 records; India — 4 records; Mauritius — 3 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2381652) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2381652&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 2,054 of the 2,054 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 25 of the 25 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 2381652) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2381652&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278179 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.