Where Sunburst butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon kleinii, mapped and tabulated by country.
7,303 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon kleinii through GBIF, from 53 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
- 7,303
- Countries / areas
- 53
- Mapped locations
- 346
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 48
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385458
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 2,402 records; United States of America — 1,180 records; Indonesia — 832 records; Philippines — 359 records; Seychelles — 263 records; Palau — 190 records; Maldives — 170 records; Fiji — 157 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 152 records; South Africa — 149 records; Chinese Taipei — 147 records; Solomon Islands — 137 records; Réunion — 120 records; Papua New Guinea — 109 records; New Caledonia — 106 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385458) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385458&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Madagascar.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218738 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 7,303 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 44 of the 53 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 87 records in total (Nauru, French Southern Territories, British Indian Ocean Territory, French Polynesia, Somalia, Yemen, Wallis and Futuna, Sri Lanka).
48 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 2385458) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385458&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218738 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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