Cephalopholis aurantia was reported from 40 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 39 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 1 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: islands of the western Indian Ocean to Japan and the central Pacific. Except for a single specimen caught off the coast of Natal, South Africa, Heemstra and Randall 1993 know of no confirmed records from other continental localities of East Africa. Cephalopholis aurantia from east Africa reported by Morgans 1982 (Ref. 6448) is a misidentification of Cephalopholis nigripinnis.
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Table 1: Present in 39 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 49596
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 4787
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 5222
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5222
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 5222
Oceania Guam GUM native 4787
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4787
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Madagascar MDG native 5222
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Africa Mauritius MUS native 4787
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 4787
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 4787
Oceania Palau PLW native 4787
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 4787
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 5222
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
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4319
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5222
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Malaysia MYS questionable 27550

Table 4: Reported from 40 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 49596
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 4787
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 5222
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5222
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 5222
Oceania Guam GUM native 4787
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4787
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Madagascar MDG native 5222
Asia Malaysia MYS questionable 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Africa Mauritius MUS native 4787
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 4787
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 4787
Oceania Palau PLW native 4787
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 4787
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 5222
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
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4319
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5222
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
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