Cephalopholis formosa was reported from 19 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 17 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-West Pacific: western India to Philippines, north to southern Japan (Honshu), south to northern Australia. 'Epinephelus formosus' from Madagascar (Ref. 6457), RĂ©union and Mauritius (Ref. 6458) are probably based on misidentifications of Cephalopholis polleni. Confused with Cephalopholis boenak.
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Table 1: Present in 17 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 90102
Asia Cambodia KHM native 4787
Asia China CHN native 5222
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 94637
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5222
Asia Japan JPN native 5222
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Asia Singapore SGP native 4787
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4787
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5222
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Mauritius MUS questionable 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 5213

Table 4: Reported from 19 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 90102
Asia Cambodia KHM native 4787
Asia China CHN native 5222
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 94637
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5222
Asia Japan JPN native 5222
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Africa Mauritius MUS questionable 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 5213
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Asia Singapore SGP native 4787
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4787
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5222
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

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

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