Where Prickly redfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 636 records; New Caledonia — 175 records; French Polynesia — 153 records; Palau — 150 records; Cook Islands — 89 records; Wallis and Futuna — 76 records; Marshall Islands — 66 records; Papua New Guinea — 55 records; Fiji — 43 records; Seychelles — 41 records; Egypt — 40 records; Tuvalu — 38 records; Philippines — 36 records; Kiribati — 35 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 33 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4343232) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343232&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

Mascarene Basin; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; West Indian Ocean; Madagascar; East Africa; Aldabra; South Africa (country); Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychelles.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210916 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 2,125 of the 2,125 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 51 of the 51 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

35 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 4343232) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343232&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210916 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.

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