Where Scrawled cowfish has been recorded

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 2026-09-25.

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 2026-09-25.

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 2026-09-25.