Where Teardrop butterflyfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Chaetodon unimaculatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
5,463 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Chaetodon unimaculatus through GBIF, from 45 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
- 5,463
- Countries / areas
- 45
- Mapped locations
- 282
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 26
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385331
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,344 records; United States of America — 901 records; French Polynesia — 847 records; American Samoa — 480 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 316 records; New Caledonia — 257 records; Tonga — 200 records; Indonesia — 188 records; Fiji — 176 records; Vanuatu — 86 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 74 records; Guam — 55 records; Cook Islands — 52 records; Philippines — 51 records; Chinese Taipei — 51 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385331) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385331&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Chagos; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218753 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,463 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 31 of the 45 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 67 records in total (Samoa, Mauritius, Mayotte, Nauru, Mozambique, French Southern Territories, Maldives, South Africa).
26 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 2385331) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385331&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218753 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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