Where Straightnose pipefish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Nerophis ophidion, mapped and tabulated by country.
3,386 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Nerophis ophidion through GBIF, from 29 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
- 3,386
- Countries / areas
- 29
- Mapped locations
- 159
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 83
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2333329
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Finland — 838 records; Sweden — 831 records; Poland — 474 records; France — 468 records; Norway — 370 records; Estonia — 73 records; Spain — 71 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 60 records; Ireland — 47 records; Germany — 46 records; Denmark — 41 records; Lithuania — 24 records; Ukraine — 8 records; Jersey — 6 records; Portugal — 6 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2333329) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2333329&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); British Isles; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Black Sea; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Polish Exclusive Economic Zone; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127385 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,386 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 24 of the 29 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 54 records in total (Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Romania, Russian Federation).
83 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 2333329) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2333329&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127385 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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