Where Spotband butterflyfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Northern Mariana Islands — 1,215 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 612 records; Australia — 389 records; Guam — 192 records; Indonesia — 171 records; Philippines — 108 records; Marshall Islands — 68 records; Palau — 68 records; Chinese Taipei — 35 records; Papua New Guinea — 14 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 13 records; Japan — 13 records; Malaysia — 11 records; Timor-Leste — 8 records; New Caledonia — 7 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385349) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385349&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 2,947 of the 2,947 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 23 of the 23 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

24 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 2385349) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385349&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273355 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.