Pterois russelii was reported from 38 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 38 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: Persian Gulf and East Africa to New Guinea, south to Western Australia.
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Table 1: Present in 38 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 4690
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 4690
Asia China CHN native 45255
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4313
Asia Iran IRN native 47533
Asia Iraq IRQ native 115291
Asia Japan JPN native 4690
Africa Kenya KEN native 4690
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Madagascar MDG native 33390
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Africa Mauritius MUS native 33390
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 4690
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 39597
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Asia Singapore SGP native 4690
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 90102
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4313
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 45255
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4690
Asia Thailand THA native 1632
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016

Table 4: Reported from 38 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 4690
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 4690
Asia China CHN native 45255
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4313
Asia Iran IRN native 47533
Asia Iraq IRQ native 115291
Asia Japan JPN native 4690
Africa Kenya KEN native 4690
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Madagascar MDG native 33390
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Africa Mauritius MUS native 33390
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 4690
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 39597
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Asia Singapore SGP native 4690
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 90102
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4313
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 45255
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4690
Asia Thailand THA native 1632
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016
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