Where Redspotted hawkfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 17,738 records; Puerto Rico — 2,424 records; Brazil — 306 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 147 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 66 records; Martinique — 57 records; Guadeloupe — 42 records; Belize — 41 records; Curaçao — 37 records; Bahamas — 29 records; Colombia — 27 records; Mexico — 26 records; Cayman Islands — 23 records; Barbados — 13 records; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha — 12 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2375113) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2375113&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

Gulf of Mexico.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277569 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 21,092 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 26 of the 36 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 43 records in total (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Tonga, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part)).

7 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 2375113) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2375113&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277569 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.