Sardinops sagax was reported from 24 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 24 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: Indo-Pacific: southern Africa to the eastern Pacific (Ref. 27267). Three lineages were confirmed through cluster and parsimony analyses of haplotypic divergences: southern Africa (ocellatus) and Australia (neopilchardus); Chile (sagax) and California (caeruleus); and, Japan (melanostictus) (Ref. 36641).
How to read the map
Comments & Corrections


Table 1: Present in 24 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Alaska ALK native 2850
Africa Angola AGO native 188
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
North America Canada CAN native 6885
South America Chile CHL native 188
Asia China CHN native 188
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 188
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 188
Asia Japan JPN native 188
Asia Korea (North) PRK native 188
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Africa Madagascar MDG native 33390
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
North America Mexico MEX native 188
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
South America Peru PER native 45845
Europe Russia RUS native 188
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3259
Asia Taiwan TWN native 188
North America USA USA native 265
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016

Table 4: Reported from 24 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Alaska ALK native 2850
Africa Angola AGO native 188
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
North America Canada CAN native 6885
South America Chile CHL native 188
Asia China CHN native 188
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 188
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 188
Asia Japan JPN native 188
Asia Korea (North) PRK native 188
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Africa Madagascar MDG native 33390
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
North America Mexico MEX native 188
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
South America Peru PER native 45845
Europe Russia RUS native 188
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3259
Asia Taiwan TWN native 188
North America USA USA native 265
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016
Back to Search
Back to Top

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

cfm script by eagbayani, 10.05.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 04/02/08 ,  last modified by sortiz, 06.27.17