Where Phaeton dragonet has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Synchiropus phaeton, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,387 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Synchiropus phaeton through GBIF, from 31 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
- 1,387
- Countries / areas
- 31
- Mapped locations
- 131
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,387
- Inland records omitted
- 38
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2386690
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Spain — 483 records; Portugal — 165 records; Nigeria — 118 records; Ghana — 80 records; Gabon — 79 records; Côte d’Ivoire — 72 records; Liberia — 65 records; Cameroon — 43 records; Sierra Leone — 42 records; Guinea — 37 records; Guinea-Bissau — 24 records; France — 22 records; Equatorial Guinea — 20 records; Togo — 12 records; Congo, Democratic Republic of the — 11 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2386690) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2386690&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126798 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,387 of the 1,387 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 31 of the 31 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
38 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 2386690) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2386690&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126798 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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