Where Scrawled butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon meyeri, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,243 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon meyeri through GBIF, from 45 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
- 2,243
- Countries / areas
- 45
- Mapped locations
- 250
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,243
- Inland records omitted
- 23
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385494
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States Minor Outlying Islands — 523 records; Seychelles — 214 records; Indonesia — 200 records; Maldives — 172 records; Kiribati — 147 records; Australia — 113 records; Réunion — 101 records; Christmas Island — 91 records; Nauru — 84 records; India — 68 records; Palau — 63 records; South Africa — 52 records; British Indian Ocean Territory — 44 records; Papua New Guinea — 44 records; Cocos (Keeling) Islands — 36 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385494) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385494&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218752 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,243 of the 2,243 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 45 of the 45 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
23 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 2385494) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385494&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218752 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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