Hirundichthys speculiger was reported from 63 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 60 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 1 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Circumglobal: all oceans preferably open ocean waters. Atlantic: northward from 37°N in the western part of the ocean to 25° N in the eastern part and southward from 30° S in the western part to 8° S in the eastern part; somewhat broader in the Eastern Atlantic. It is quite rare in the Caribbean (except for the eastern part) and in the Gulf of Mexico. Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal in the north to the southern end of Africa and the western coast of Australia in the south; not found in the Red Sea, Aden, Oman and the Persian Gulfs, as well as in the easternmost part of the Indian Ocean in the waters between the southern Indonesian islands and the northern coast of Australia. Juveniles are distributed throughout the range of the species except in the most southwestern areas from the Mozambique Channel to the False Bay and in the waters off the west coast of Australia; juveniles were found in all seasons. Pacific Ocean: northward from the northwestern tip of the Honshu Island in the west to 20° N in the east, and southward from the east coast of Australia to the waters of Ecuador and Peru. Absent in the East China, Yellow and Japan Seas, quite rare in the South China Sea, none in the inner Indonesian seas.
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Table 1: Present in 60 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
North America Anguilla AIA native 3720
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3720
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 33390
North America Bahamas BHS native 9761
North America Barbados BRB native 3720
North America Belize BLZ native 128811
South America Brazil BRA native 31345
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6523
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 123833
South America Colombia COL native 5217
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9300
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
North America Dominica DMA native 3720
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3720
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 9300
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Europe France FRA native 116450
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 94512
North America Grenada GRD native 3720
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3720
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Africa Guinea GIN native 2683
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 583
North America Honduras HND native 9300
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 33390
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 6523
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
North America Martinique MTQ native 3720
Africa Mauritius MUS native 33390
North America Montserrat MSR native 3720
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 3720
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9300
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
South America Peru PER native 5530
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 3720
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3395
Africa South Africa ZAF native 2797
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3720
North America St Lucia LCA native 3720
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3720
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3720
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 3720

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Netherlands NLD stray 1756
Asia Thailand THA questionable 37773

Table 3: Absent from 1 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Cape Verde CPV error 94080

Table 4: Reported from 63 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
North America Anguilla AIA native 3720
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3720
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 33390
North America Bahamas BHS native 9761
North America Barbados BRB native 3720
North America Belize BLZ native 128811
South America Brazil BRA native 31345
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6523
Africa Cape Verde CPV error 94080
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 123833
South America Colombia COL native 5217
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9300
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
North America Dominica DMA native 3720
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3720
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 9300
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Europe France FRA native 116450
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 94512
North America Grenada GRD native 3720
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3720
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Africa Guinea GIN native 2683
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 583
North America Honduras HND native 9300
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 33390
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 6523
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
North America Martinique MTQ native 3720
Africa Mauritius MUS native 33390
North America Montserrat MSR native 3720
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 3720
Europe Netherlands NLD stray 1756
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9300
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
South America Peru PER native 5530
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 3720
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3395
Africa South Africa ZAF native 2797
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3720
North America St Lucia LCA native 3720
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3720
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Asia Thailand THA questionable 37773
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3720
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 3720
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