Epinephelus tauvina was reported from 68 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 66 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 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: Red Sea to South Africa and eastward to Ducie in the Pitcairn Group, north to Japan, south to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island. Migration report from the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 6489, 5385) may be based on Epinephelus coioides specimens.
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Table 1: Present in 66 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 5222
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 5222
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 5222
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 5222
Africa Comoros COM native 5222
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 5222
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5222
Africa Egypt EGY native 5222
Africa Eritrea ERI native 5222
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5222
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 5222
Oceania Guam GUM native 5222
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 47567
Asia Iraq IRQ native 51878
Asia Israel ISR introduced 5385
Asia Japan JPN native 4787
Asia Jordan JOR native 5222
Africa Kenya KEN native 4787
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 5222
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Asia Malaysia MYS native 35545
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 4787
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5222
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 4787
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 5222
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Pakistan PAK native 2872
Oceania Palau PLW native 5222
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 31411
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 5222
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez ROD native 33390
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 5222
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 5222
Africa Seychelles SYC native 4787
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4319
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 5222
Africa Sudan SDN native 5222
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 5222
Asia Taiwan TWN native 4787
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 1632
Oceania Tonga TON native 5222
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5222
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 5222
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 5222
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 13300
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 5222
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573
Asia Turkey TUR questionable 57855

Table 4: Reported from 68 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 5222
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 5222
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 5222
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 5222
Africa Comoros COM native 5222
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 5222
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5222
Africa Egypt EGY native 5222
Africa Eritrea ERI native 5222
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5222
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 5222
Oceania Guam GUM native 5222
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 47567
Asia Iraq IRQ native 51878
Asia Israel ISR introduced 5385
Asia Japan JPN native 4787
Asia Jordan JOR native 5222
Africa Kenya KEN native 4787
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 5222
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Asia Malaysia MYS native 35545
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 4787
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5222
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 4787
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 5222
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Pakistan PAK native 2872
Oceania Palau PLW native 5222
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 31411
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 5222
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez ROD native 33390
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 5222
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 5222
Africa Seychelles SYC native 4787
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5222
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4319
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 5222
Africa Sudan SDN native 5222
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 5222
Asia Taiwan TWN native 4787
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 1632
Oceania Tonga TON native 5222
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5222
Asia Turkey TUR questionable 57855
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 5222
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 5222
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 13300
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 5222
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016
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