Taractes rubescens was reported from 21 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 21 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: Pacific and Atlantic: widely distributed in tropical waters (Ref. 559). Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Peru. Eastern Atlantic: off west Africa. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad. Not known from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 4936). Recently reported in Aden Gulf, Arabian Sea (Ref. 85285). Highly migratory species.
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Table 1: Present in 21 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 82736
South America Brazil BRA native 82736
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 12711
South America Cocos I. (C.R.) CCC native 9282
South America Colombia COL native 9282
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9282
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 26352
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 82736
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
North America Mexico MEX native 78464
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Asia Oman OMN native 97146
North America Panama PAN native 9282
South America Peru PER native 9282
Asia Yemen YEM native 85285

Table 4: Reported from 21 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 82736
South America Brazil BRA native 82736
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 12711
South America Cocos I. (C.R.) CCC native 9282
South America Colombia COL native 9282
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9282
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 26352
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 82736
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
North America Mexico MEX native 78464
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Asia Oman OMN native 97146
North America Panama PAN native 9282
South America Peru PER native 9282
Asia Yemen YEM native 85285
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