Where Dusky farmerfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Stegastes nigricans, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
5,054 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Stegastes nigricans through GBIF, from 52 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 5,054
- Mapped locations
- 233
- Inland records omitted
- 16
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2398824
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,086 records; French Polynesia — 989 records; New Caledonia — 736 records; Tonga — 456 records; Fiji — 246 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 225 records; Réunion — 126 records; Egypt — 107 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 105 records; Guam — 99 records; American Samoa — 86 records; Marshall Islands — 84 records; Mauritius — 58 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 57 records; Maldives — 54 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2398824) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398824&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218849 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,054 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 43 of the 52 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 21 records in total (French Southern Territories, Christmas Island, United States of America, Viet Nam, South Africa, Ecuador, Eritrea, Israel).
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 2398824) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398824&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218849 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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