Where Saddle butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon ephippium, mapped and tabulated by country.
6,223 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon ephippium through GBIF, from 37 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
- 6,223
- Countries / areas
- 37
- Mapped locations
- 318
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 35
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385324
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,339 records; French Polynesia — 588 records; American Samoa — 470 records; New Caledonia — 373 records; Fiji — 349 records; United States of America — 348 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 296 records; Tonga — 286 records; Indonesia — 254 records; Palau — 247 records; Wallis and Futuna — 182 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 174 records; Solomon Islands — 146 records; Marshall Islands — 139 records; Guam — 127 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385324) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385324&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273335 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 6,223 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 34 of the 37 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 11 records in total (Nauru, Viet Nam, Kenya).
35 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 2385324) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385324&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273335 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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