Alectis ciliaris was reported from 124 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 124 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: Circumglobal in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Santos, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 9626). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Congo. Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Algoa Bay, South Africa and to Sri Lanka (Ref. 3197, 3287). Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.
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Table 1: Present in 124 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3277
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 5512
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 3277
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
Africa Benin BEN native 3277
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
North America Bon. Eust. Saba BES native 128317
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Asia Cambodia KHM native 3277
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3277
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia China CHN native 57879
South America Colombia COL native 9283
Africa Comoros COM native 3277
Africa Congo COG native 3277
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 3277
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Egypt EGY native 3277
North America El Salvador SLV native 9283
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3277
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3277
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
South America French Guiana GUF native 13608
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 89972
Africa Gabon GAB native 3277
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Africa Gambia GMB native 7097
Africa Ghana GHA native 3277
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 3277
North America Guatemala GTM native 9283
Africa Guinea GIN native 7097
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 7097
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 583
North America Honduras HND native 9283
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3277
Asia Iran IRN native 3277
Asia Israel ISR native 3277
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 7097
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 3287
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Africa Liberia LBR native 7097
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3287
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 37955
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 3277
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 3277
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9283
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3277
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 3277
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 3277
Oceania Palau PLW native 3277
North America Panama PAN native 9283
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
South America Peru PER native 9283
Asia Philippines PHL native 280
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 5217
Africa Reunion I. REU native 3277
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3277
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3277
Africa Senegal SEN native 7097
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3287
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 7097
Asia Singapore SGP native 3277
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3277
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3277
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
Africa Sudan SDN native 3277
South America Suriname SUR native 13608
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Africa Togo TGO native 3277
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3277
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12596
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 3277
North America USA USA native 7251
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 3277
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3277
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180

Table 4: Reported from 124 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3277
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 5512
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 3277
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
Africa Benin BEN native 3277
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
North America Bon. Eust. Saba BES native 128317
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Asia Cambodia KHM native 3277
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3277
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia China CHN native 57879
South America Colombia COL native 9283
Africa Comoros COM native 3277
Africa Congo COG native 3277
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 3277
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Egypt EGY native 3277
North America El Salvador SLV native 9283
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3277
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3277
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
South America French Guiana GUF native 13608
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 89972
Africa Gabon GAB native 3277
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Africa Gambia GMB native 7097
Africa Ghana GHA native 3277
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 3277
North America Guatemala GTM native 9283
Africa Guinea GIN native 7097
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 7097
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 583
North America Honduras HND native 9283
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3277
Asia Iran IRN native 3277
Asia Israel ISR native 3277
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 7097
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 3287
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Africa Liberia LBR native 7097
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3287
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 37955
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 3277
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 3277
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9283
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3277
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 3277
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 3277
Oceania Palau PLW native 3277
North America Panama PAN native 9283
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
South America Peru PER native 9283
Asia Philippines PHL native 280
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 5217
Africa Reunion I. REU native 3277
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3277
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3277
Africa Senegal SEN native 7097
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3287
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 7097
Asia Singapore SGP native 3277
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3277
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3277
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
Africa Sudan SDN native 3277
South America Suriname SUR native 13608
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Africa Togo TGO native 3277
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3277
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12596
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 3277
North America USA USA native 7251
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 3277
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3277
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
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