Anchoa nasus was reported from 10 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 10 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 Pacific: San Juanico Bay, northern Gulf of California southward to Callao, Peru and perhaps further south. The record from Santa Margarita Island on the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico is based solely on the now lost type of Stolephorus cultratus.
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Table 1: Present in 10 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America Colombia COL native 189
North America Costa Rica CRI native 189
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 189
North America Guatemala GTM native 189
North America Honduras HND native 189
North America Mexico MEX native 189
North America Nicaragua NIC native 189
North America Panama PAN native 189
South America Peru PER native 189

Table 4: Reported from 10 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America Colombia COL native 189
North America Costa Rica CRI native 189
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 189
North America Guatemala GTM native 189
North America Honduras HND native 189
North America Mexico MEX native 189
North America Nicaragua NIC native 189
North America Panama PAN native 189
South America Peru PER native 189
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European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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