Where Smooth trunkfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Lactophrys triqueter, mapped and tabulated by country.
28,182 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Lactophrys triqueter through GBIF, from 42 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
- 28,182
- Countries / areas
- 42
- Mapped locations
- 115
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 16
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2408093
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 20,080 records; Puerto Rico — 4,270 records; Guadeloupe — 608 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 586 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 575 records; Mexico — 515 records; Martinique — 268 records; Curaçao — 221 records; Aruba — 127 records; Colombia — 118 records; Honduras — 106 records; Belize — 67 records; Cayman Islands — 65 records; Barbados — 52 records; Dominica — 50 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2408093) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408093&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Gulf of Maine.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158932 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 28,182 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 36 of the 42 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 13 records in total (French Guiana, Anguilla, Canada, Brazil, Suriname, Thailand).
16 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 2408093) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2408093&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158932 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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