Where Spinner shark has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Carcharhinus brevipinna, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,726 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Carcharhinus brevipinna through GBIF, from 48 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
- 1,726
- Countries / areas
- 48
- Mapped locations
- 249
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,726
- Inland records omitted
- 122
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2417983
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 606 records; Australia — 346 records; Faroe Islands — 118 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 103 records; South Africa — 43 records; Nigeria — 40 records; Mexico — 39 records; Madagascar — 33 records; Oman — 32 records; Côte d’Ivoire — 26 records; Ghana — 26 records; Papua New Guinea — 26 records; Maldives — 25 records; Gabon — 23 records; Brazil — 21 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2417983) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2417983&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North West Atlantic; Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; South Africa (country); Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Mexico; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; South African Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105788 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,726 of the 1,726 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 48 of the 48 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
122 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 2417983) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2417983&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105788 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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