Where Reef butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon sedentarius, mapped and tabulated by country.
28,227 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon sedentarius through GBIF, from 35 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
- 28,227
- Countries / areas
- 35
- Mapped locations
- 66
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 12
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385404
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 24,383 records; Puerto Rico — 2,473 records; Brazil — 462 records; Colombia — 253 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 221 records; Mexico — 215 records; Guadeloupe — 54 records; French Guiana — 21 records; Bahamas — 19 records; Jamaica — 16 records; Guyana — 13 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 12 records; Martinique — 11 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 8 records; Bermuda — 7 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385404) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385404&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234107 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 28,227 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 21 of the 35 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 53 records in total (Guyana, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Suriname, Panama, Cuba, Saint Martin (French part), Barbados, Saint Barthélemy).
12 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 2385404) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385404&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234107 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Related in Reef butterflyfish
Links follow this subject's own source article.
Elsewhere in Reef butterflyfish
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced