Dasyatis pastinaca was reported from 69 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 63 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 6 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: East Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Sea, from the North Sea to Angola.
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Table 1: Present in 63 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 4645
Africa Algeria DZA native 4645
Africa Angola AGO native 127912
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 3169
Europe Belgium BEL native 3169
Africa Benin BEN native 3169
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3169
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 3169
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3169
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6808
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Europe Channel Is. CHA native 3169
Africa Congo COG native 3169
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3169
Europe Croatia HRV native 3169
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3169
Europe Denmark DNK native 3169
Africa Egypt EGY native 4645
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3169
Europe France FRA native 4645
Africa Gabon GAB native 127434
Africa Gambia GMB native 3169
Asia Georgia GEO native 3169
Europe Germany DEU native 3169
Africa Ghana GHA native 3169
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 4645
Europe Greece GRC native 4645
Africa Guinea GIN native 3169
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 3169
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 9488
Asia Israel ISR native 4645
Europe Italy ITA native 4645
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 3169
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4645
Africa Liberia LBR native 3169
Africa Libya LBY native 4645
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 3169
Europe Monaco MCO native 3169
Europe Montenegro MNE native 4645
Africa Morocco MAR native 3261
Europe Netherlands NLD native 4645
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3169
Europe Norway NOR native 3169
Asia Palestine PSE native 127912
Europe Portugal PRT native 4645
Europe Romania ROU native 3169
Europe Russia RUS native 126062
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 3169
Africa Senegal SEN native 81259
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3169
Europe Slovenia SVN native 3169
Europe Spain ESP native 4645
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 4645
Africa Togo TGO native 3169
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3261
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 4645
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 3169
Europe Ukraine UKR native 3169
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3169

Table 3: Absent from 6 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Comoros COM error 127912
Asia India IND error 127912
Africa Madagascar MDG error 127912
Africa Reunion I. REU error 114953
Africa South Africa ZAF error 114953
South America Uruguay URY error 114953

Table 4: Reported from 69 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 4645
Africa Algeria DZA native 4645
Africa Angola AGO native 127912
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 3169
Europe Belgium BEL native 3169
Africa Benin BEN native 3169
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3169
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 3169
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3169
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6808
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Europe Channel Is. CHA native 3169
Africa Comoros COM error 127912
Africa Congo COG native 3169
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3169
Europe Croatia HRV native 3169
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3169
Europe Denmark DNK native 3169
Africa Egypt EGY native 4645
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3169
Europe France FRA native 4645
Africa Gabon GAB native 127434
Africa Gambia GMB native 3169
Asia Georgia GEO native 3169
Europe Germany DEU native 3169
Africa Ghana GHA native 3169
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 4645
Europe Greece GRC native 4645
Africa Guinea GIN native 3169
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 3169
Asia India IND error 127912
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 9488
Asia Israel ISR native 4645
Europe Italy ITA native 4645
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 3169
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4645
Africa Liberia LBR native 3169
Africa Libya LBY native 4645
Africa Madagascar MDG error 127912
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 3169
Europe Monaco MCO native 3169
Europe Montenegro MNE native 4645
Africa Morocco MAR native 3261
Europe Netherlands NLD native 4645
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3169
Europe Norway NOR native 3169
Asia Palestine PSE native 127912
Europe Portugal PRT native 4645
Africa Reunion I. REU error 114953
Europe Romania ROU native 3169
Europe Russia RUS native 126062
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 3169
Africa Senegal SEN native 81259
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3169
Europe Slovenia SVN native 3169
Africa South Africa ZAF error 114953
Europe Spain ESP native 4645
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 4645
Africa Togo TGO native 3169
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3261
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 4645
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 3169
Europe Ukraine UKR native 3169
South America Uruguay URY error 114953
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3169
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