Where Chalk bass has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Serranus tortugarum, mapped and tabulated by country.
19,681 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Serranus tortugarum through GBIF, from 23 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
- 19,681
- Countries / areas
- 23
- Mapped locations
- 51
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 1
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2388727
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 18,497 records; Puerto Rico — 810 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 142 records; Mexico — 52 records; Belize — 40 records; Guadeloupe — 24 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 18 records; Honduras — 16 records; Panama — 14 records; Cayman Islands — 10 records; Martinique — 10 records; Virgin Islands (British) — 9 records; Colombia — 8 records; Bahamas — 6 records; Jamaica — 6 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2388727) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2388727&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Gulf of Mexico.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273910 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 19,681 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 17 of the 23 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 18 records in total (Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Saint Barthélemy, Curaçao, Nicaragua, United States Minor Outlying Islands).
1 record 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 2388727) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2388727&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273910 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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