Astronesthes indicus was reported from 15 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 15 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: Eastern Atlantic: Madeira (Ref. 2802) to off South Africa (Ref. 4465). Western Atlantic: 25°N-5°N. Indo-Pacific: eastern Africa, Gulf of Aden and Bay of Bengal to the vicinity of the Hawaiian and Japanese islands, the Philippines and northwestern Australia. Eastern Pacific: most frequent in the equatorial zone covering the Galapagos. This species is not likely to occur in the central oceanic gyres (Ref. 27676). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
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Table 1: Present in 15 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6808
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
South America Chile CHL native 9068
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 75891
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 27676
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 2802
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 27676
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4465

Table 4: Reported from 15 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6808
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
South America Chile CHL native 9068
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 75891
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 27676
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 2802
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 27676
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4465
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