Where Whitespot hawkfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Paracirrhites hemistictus, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,810 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Paracirrhites hemistictus through GBIF, from 24 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
- 2,810
- Countries / areas
- 24
- Mapped locations
- 120
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,810
- Inland records omitted
- 2
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5208730
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States Minor Outlying Islands — 1,370 records; American Samoa — 606 records; French Polynesia — 329 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 256 records; Christmas Island — 53 records; Guam — 44 records; Marshall Islands — 22 records; Tuvalu — 20 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 19 records; Australia — 16 records; Cook Islands — 15 records; Cocos (Keeling) Islands — 14 records; Fiji — 8 records; New Caledonia — 8 records; Niue — 6 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5208730) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5208730&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,810 of the 2,810 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 24 of the 24 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
2 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 5208730) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5208730&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277097 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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