Where Sergeant major (fish) has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Abudefduf saxatilis, mapped and tabulated by country.
64,865 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Abudefduf saxatilis through GBIF, from 95 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
- 64,865
- Countries / areas
- 95
- Mapped locations
- 185
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 67
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2398623
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 36,269 records; Brazil — 16,133 records; Puerto Rico — 3,332 records; Mexico — 2,299 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 937 records; Guadeloupe — 645 records; Bahamas — 554 records; Belize — 457 records; Honduras — 330 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 315 records; Martinique — 290 records; Panama — 257 records; Colombia — 246 records; Cayman Islands — 220 records; Jamaica — 219 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2398623) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398623&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; South Africa (country); Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of Mexico; Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Spanish part of the Balearic Sea; Greek part of the Aegean Sea.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159288 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 64,865 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 41 of the 95 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 394 records in total (South Africa, Philippines, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mozambique, Haiti, Peru, Egypt).
67 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 2398623) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398623&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159288 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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