Carcharhinus dussumieri was reported from 26 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 12 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 14 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: from at least the Persian Gulf to India. Complete distributional range is unknown.
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Iran IRN native 244
Asia Iraq IRQ native 51878
Asia Kuwait KWT native 244
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 244
Asia Qatar QAT native 244
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 244
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 244
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 244

Table 2: Possible in 14 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS questionable 89954
Asia China CHN questionable 89954
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN questionable 89954
Asia Hong Kong HKG questionable 89954
Asia Indonesia IDN questionable 89954
Asia Japan JPN questionable 89954
Asia Korea (South) KOR questionable 89954
Asia Malaysia MYS questionable 89954
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW questionable 89954
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG questionable 89954
Asia Philippines PHL questionable 89954
Africa Seychelles SYC questionable 89954
Asia Thailand THA questionable 89954
Asia Viet Nam VNM questionable 89954

Table 4: Reported from 26 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS questionable 89954
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia China CHN questionable 89954
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN questionable 89954
Asia Hong Kong HKG questionable 89954
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN questionable 89954
Asia Iran IRN native 244
Asia Iraq IRQ native 51878
Asia Japan JPN questionable 89954
Asia Korea (South) KOR questionable 89954
Asia Kuwait KWT native 244
Asia Malaysia MYS questionable 89954
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW questionable 89954
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 244
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG questionable 89954
Asia Philippines PHL questionable 89954
Asia Qatar QAT native 244
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 244
Africa Seychelles SYC questionable 89954
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 244
Asia Thailand THA questionable 89954
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 244
Asia Viet Nam VNM questionable 89954
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European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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