Elagatis bipinnulata was reported from 132 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 131 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: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: off Genoa, Italy in the Mediterranean (Ref. 4233) and from Côte d'Ivoire to Angola (Ref. 7097). Throughout the Indo-Pacific (Ref. 37816), but rare or absent in the Persian Gulf (Ref. 3287). Eastern Pacific: mouth of Gulf of California to Ecuador; including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 9283).
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Table 1: Present in 131 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 26938
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 98447
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 9761
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
South America Colombia COL native 9283
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Africa Congo COG native 7097
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3287
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9283
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Africa Djibouti DJI native
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
Oceania Easter I. EAS native 89467
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Egypt EGY native 3287
North America El Salvador SLV native 9283
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 7097
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3287
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
Africa Gabon GAB native 3287
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Africa Ghana GHA native 3287
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 3287
North America Guatemala GTM native 9283
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 9283
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3287
Asia Iran IRN native 3287
Asia Israel ISR native 3287
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 3287
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 45524
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 3287
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3287
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 3287
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 3287
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 9283
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 3287
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9283
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3287
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 3287
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 3287
Oceania Palau PLW native 3287
North America Panama PAN native 9283
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 2858
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
North America Revillagigedo REV native 11441
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3287
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3287
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3287
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3287
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 13121
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
Africa Sudan SDN native 3287
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 3287
Asia Taiwan TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 3287
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3287
Oceania Tonga TON native 3287
South America Trind. M.Vaz Is. TRD native 40849
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 33407
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 4821
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12596
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
North America USA USA native 7251
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 3287
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 7251
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84368
Asia Yemen YEM native 3287

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Italy ITA stray 13729

Table 4: Reported from 132 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 26938
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 98447
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 9761
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
South America Colombia COL native 9283
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Africa Congo COG native 7097
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3287
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9283
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Africa Djibouti DJI native
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
Oceania Easter I. EAS native 89467
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Egypt EGY native 3287
North America El Salvador SLV native 9283
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 7097
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3287
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
Africa Gabon GAB native 3287
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Africa Ghana GHA native 3287
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 3287
North America Guatemala GTM native 9283
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 9283
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3287
Asia Iran IRN native 3287
Asia Israel ISR native 3287
Europe Italy ITA stray 13729
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 3287
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 45524
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 3287
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3287
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 3287
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 3287
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 9283
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 3287
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9283
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3287
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 3287
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 3287
Oceania Palau PLW native 3287
North America Panama PAN native 9283
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 2858
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
North America Revillagigedo REV native 11441
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3287
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3287
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3287
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3287
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 13121
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
Africa Sudan SDN native 3287
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 3287
Asia Taiwan TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 3287
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3287
Oceania Tonga TON native 3287
South America Trind. M.Vaz Is. TRD native 40849
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 33407
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 4821
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12596
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
North America USA USA native 7251
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 3287
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 7251
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84368
Asia Yemen YEM native 3287
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