Where Amber fish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Thelenota anax, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
1,078 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Thelenota anax through GBIF, from 43 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 1,078
- Mapped locations
- 237
- Inland records omitted
- 19
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4343234
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 238 records; Indonesia — 184 records; Marshall Islands — 83 records; Palau — 71 records; Philippines — 70 records; New Caledonia — 69 records; Fiji — 50 records; Tuvalu — 40 records; Papua New Guinea — 39 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 25 records; Malaysia — 24 records; Wallis and Futuna — 22 records; Solomon Islands — 18 records; Thailand — 15 records; Tonga — 13 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4343234) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343234&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Madagascar; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210915 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,078 of the 1,078 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 43 of the 43 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
19 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 4343234) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343234&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210915 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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