Where Scrawled cowfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Acanthostracion quadricornis, mapped and tabulated by country.
24,616 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Acanthostracion quadricornis through GBIF, from 61 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
- 24,616
- Countries / areas
- 61
- Mapped locations
- 126
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 50
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2408197
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 20,573 records; Puerto Rico — 2,374 records; Mexico — 399 records; Brazil — 145 records; Belize — 84 records; Nigeria — 78 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 78 records; Colombia — 75 records; Honduras — 65 records; Guadeloupe — 57 records; Gabon — 56 records; Panama — 55 records; Bermuda — 53 records; Ghana — 49 records; Liberia — 47 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2408197) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408197&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; South Africa (country); Gulf of Mexico; Beninese Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158920 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 24,616 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 35 of the 61 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 458 records in total (Nigeria, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Guinea).
50 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 2408197) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408197&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158920 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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