Cephalopholis argus was reported from 74 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 74 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Durban, South Africa and eastward to French Polynesia and the Pitcairn group, north to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. May be confused with Cephalopholis cyanostigma.
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Table 1: Present in 74 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 4787
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 4690
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 4690
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 4787
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 4787
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4787
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 4787
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Africa Comoros COM native 4787
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 4787
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Africa Egypt EGY native 4787
Africa Eritrea ERI native 5222
Oceania Fiji FJI native 4787
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4787
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Oceania Hawaii HWI introduced 583
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 27253
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4787
Asia Israel ISR native 4787
Asia Japan JPN native 4787
Asia Jordan JOR native 4787
Africa Kenya KEN native 4787
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 4787
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 1602
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 4787
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 4787
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 121505
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 4787
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 4787
Asia Singapore SGP native 4690
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 4787
Africa Somalia SOM native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4319
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4787
Africa Sudan SDN native 4787
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4821
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 4821
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 72402
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 4787
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 4787
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84356
Asia Yemen YEM native 5222

Table 4: Reported from 74 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 4787
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 4690
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 4690
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 4787
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 4787
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4787
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 4787
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Africa Comoros COM native 4787
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 4787
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Africa Egypt EGY native 4787
Africa Eritrea ERI native 5222
Oceania Fiji FJI native 4787
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4787
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Oceania Hawaii HWI introduced 583
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 27253
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4787
Asia Israel ISR native 4787
Asia Japan JPN native 4787
Asia Jordan JOR native 4787
Africa Kenya KEN native 4787
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 4787
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 1602
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 4787
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 4787
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 121505
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 4787
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 4787
Asia Singapore SGP native 4690
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 4787
Africa Somalia SOM native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4319
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4787
Africa Sudan SDN native 4787
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4821
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 4821
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 72402
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 4787
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 4787
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84356
Asia Yemen YEM native 5222
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