Heniochus acuminatus was reported from 75 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 74 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 1 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: East Africa and Persian Gulf to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Throughout Micronesia.
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Table 1: Present in 74 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 4859
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 45255
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Asia Bahrain BHR native 4859
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 4859
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 4859
Asia Cambodia KHM native 4859
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 33390
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 4859
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 4859
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 4859
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 4859
Africa Comoros COM native 4859
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Africa Egypt EGY native 4859
Africa Eritrea ERI native 4859
Oceania Fiji FJI native 4859
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 1602
Oceania Guam GUM native 4859
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 119494
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4859
Asia Iran IRN native 4859
Asia Iraq IRQ native 97265
Asia Japan JPN native 43239
Africa Kenya KEN native 4859
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 4859
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4859
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 1602
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 4859
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Asia Myanmar MMR native 4859
Oceania Nauru NRU native 4859
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11889
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 4859
Oceania Palau PLW native 4859
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 393
Asia Qatar QAT native 4859
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 43239
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 4859
Africa Seychelles SYC native 4858
Asia Singapore SGP native 4859
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 4859
Africa Somalia SOM native 4859
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5372
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4859
Africa Sudan SDN native 4859
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4859
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 4859
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 4859
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 4859
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 4859
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Asia Yemen YEM native 4859

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Wake I. WAK questionable 37816

Table 4: Reported from 75 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 4859
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 45255
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Asia Bahrain BHR native 4859
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 4859
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 4859
Asia Cambodia KHM native 4859
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 33390
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 4859
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 4859
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 4859
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 4859
Africa Comoros COM native 4859
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Africa Egypt EGY native 4859
Africa Eritrea ERI native 4859
Oceania Fiji FJI native 4859
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 1602
Oceania Guam GUM native 4859
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 119494
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 4859
Asia Iran IRN native 4859
Asia Iraq IRQ native 97265
Asia Japan JPN native 43239
Africa Kenya KEN native 4859
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 4859
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4859
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 1602
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 4859
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Asia Myanmar MMR native 4859
Oceania Nauru NRU native 4859
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11889
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 4859
Oceania Palau PLW native 4859
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 393
Asia Qatar QAT native 4859
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 43239
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 4859
Africa Seychelles SYC native 4858
Asia Singapore SGP native 4859
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 4859
Africa Somalia SOM native 4859
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5372
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4859
Africa Sudan SDN native 4859
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4859
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 4859
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 4859
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 4859
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 4859
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Oceania Wake I. WAK questionable 37816
Asia Yemen YEM native 4859
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