Where Greenfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Stichopus chloronotus, mapped and tabulated by country.
4,797 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Stichopus chloronotus 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.
- Georeferenced records
- 4,797
- Countries / areas
- 52
- Mapped locations
- 233
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 13
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4343242
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
New Caledonia — 1,044 records; Australia — 696 records; Cook Islands — 491 records; Samoa — 394 records; Wallis and Futuna — 295 records; Palau — 256 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 239 records; Vanuatu — 226 records; Fiji — 162 records; Thailand — 90 records; Tonga — 79 records; Japan — 77 records; Seychelles — 75 records; Malaysia — 64 records; Mozambique — 64 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4343242) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343242&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
West Indian Ocean; Mascarene Basin; Eastern Africa & Madagascar; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Aldabra; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Western Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149789 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,797 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 44 of the 52 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 42 records in total (Kiribati, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Korea, Republic of, Sri Lanka, Isle of Man, Norway, Qatar).
13 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 4343242) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343242&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149789 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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