Electrona risso was reported from 59 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 59 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: Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Namibia, also the Mediterranean (gap across region of cyclonic gyre between the South Equatorial Countercurrent and western branch of Benguela Current (5°S-13°S). Larvae, however, are not found among the cruise collections in the Agulhas Current Region (Ref. 41388). Western Atlantic: off Suriname to Brazil (Ref. 13608). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Indian Ocean: 0°-40°S. Western Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300). Eastern Pacific: 42°-25°N, 5°-20°S and west of 80°W. Recorded from off Tungkang in Taiwan and Tungsha Islands in South China Sea (Ref. 39633).
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Table 1: Present in 59 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 4775
Africa Algeria DZA native 4775
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 4775
Africa Benin BEN native 4479
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4775
South America Brazil BRA native 13608
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4479
North America Canada CAN native 5951
Europe Croatia HRV native 4775
Asia Cyprus CYP native 4775
Africa Egypt EGY native 4775
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4479
Europe France FRA native 4775
South America French Guiana GUF native 13608
Africa Gabon GAB native 4479
Africa Gambia GMB native 4479
Africa Ghana GHA native 4479
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 4775
Europe Greece GRC native 4775
Africa Guinea GIN native 4479
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4479
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Europe Ireland IRL native 4775
Asia Israel ISR native 4775
Europe Italy ITA native 4775
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4479
Asia Japan JPN native 39633
Asia Kuril Is. KUR native 43171
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4775
Africa Liberia LBR native 4479
Africa Libya LBY native 4775
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 4775
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 4479
Europe Monaco MCO native 4775
Europe Montenegro MNE native 4775
Africa Morocco MAR native 4775
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 4066
Africa Namibia NAM native 27121
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4479
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Europe Portugal PRT native 4775
Africa Senegal SEN native 4479
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4479
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4775
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4066
Europe Spain ESP native 4775
South America Suriname SUR native 13608
Asia Syria SYR native 4775
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 39633
Africa Togo TGO native 4479
Africa Tunisia TUN native 4775
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 4775
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 4775
North America USA USA native 31442
Africa West Sahara ESH native 4479

Table 4: Reported from 59 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 4775
Africa Algeria DZA native 4775
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 4775
Africa Benin BEN native 4479
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4775
South America Brazil BRA native 13608
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4479
North America Canada CAN native 5951
Europe Croatia HRV native 4775
Asia Cyprus CYP native 4775
Africa Egypt EGY native 4775
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4479
Europe France FRA native 4775
South America French Guiana GUF native 13608
Africa Gabon GAB native 4479
Africa Gambia GMB native 4479
Africa Ghana GHA native 4479
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 4775
Europe Greece GRC native 4775
Africa Guinea GIN native 4479
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4479
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Europe Ireland IRL native 4775
Asia Israel ISR native 4775
Europe Italy ITA native 4775
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4479
Asia Japan JPN native 39633
Asia Kuril Is. KUR native 43171
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4775
Africa Liberia LBR native 4479
Africa Libya LBY native 4775
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 4775
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 4479
Europe Monaco MCO native 4775
Europe Montenegro MNE native 4775
Africa Morocco MAR native 4775
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 4066
Africa Namibia NAM native 27121
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4479
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Europe Portugal PRT native 4775
Africa Senegal SEN native 4479
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4479
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4775
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4066
Europe Spain ESP native 4775
South America Suriname SUR native 13608
Asia Syria SYR native 4775
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 39633
Africa Togo TGO native 4479
Africa Tunisia TUN native 4775
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 4775
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 4775
North America USA USA native 31442
Africa West Sahara ESH native 4479
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