Naucrates ductor was reported from 167 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 167 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: Circumtropical in tropical seas. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Argentina (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: British Isles (rare vagrant), Norway and Bay of Biscay to Namibia, including the Mediterranean and Canary Islands. Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) to the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 2850) and Chile (Ref. 115205). Common throughout the Indian Ocean (Ref. 3197).
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Table 1: Present in 167 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3277
Europe Albania ALB native 3277
Africa Algeria DZA native 3277
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
South America Argentina ARG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 35204
North America Bahamas BHS native 3277
Asia Bahrain BHR native 3287
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 3277
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
Africa Benin BEN native 7097
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3277
South America Brazil BRA native 3277
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 37297
Asia Cambodia KHM native 3277
Africa Cameroon CMR native 7097
North America Canada CAN native 11980
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 7097
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
South America Chile CHL native 115205
Asia China CHN native 3277
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Comoros COM native 3287
Africa Congo COG native 7097
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 7097
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 3277
North America Costa Rica CRI native 3277
Europe Croatia HRV native 3277
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3277
Africa Djibouti DJI native 3287
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3277
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Egypt EGY native 3287
North America El Salvador SLV native 2850
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 7097
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3287
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Europe France FRA native 3277
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
Africa Gabon GAB native 7097
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Africa Gambia GMB native 7097
Africa Ghana GHA native 7097
Europe Greece GRC native 3277
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 35721
North America Guatemala GTM native 3277
Africa Guinea GIN native 7097
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 3277
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3277
Asia Iran IRN native 3287
Asia Iraq IRQ native 3287
Europe Ireland IRL native 115202
Asia Israel ISR native 3287
Europe Italy ITA 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
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 3277
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 3287
Asia Lebanon LBN native 3277
Africa Liberia LBR native 7097
Africa Libya LBY native 3277
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3287
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Asia Malaysia MYS native 3277
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 3277
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 3277
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritania MRT native 7097
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 3277
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Europe Monaco MCO native 3277
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3277
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Morocco MAR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Africa Namibia NAM native 27121
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 3277
Africa Nigeria NGA native 7097
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 3277
Europe Norway NOR native 28571
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 3287
Oceania Palau PLW native 3277
North America Panama PAN native 3277
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
South America Peru PER native 3277
Asia Philippines PHL native 3277
Europe Portugal PRT native 3277
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 3277
Asia Qatar QAT native 3287
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3277
Oceania Samoa WSM native 3277
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3287
Africa Senegal SEN native 7097
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3287
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 7097
Europe Slovenia SVN native 27929
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3277
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3287
Europe Spain ESP native 3277
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3277
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
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 3287
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 3277
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 3277
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 7097
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3277
Oceania Tonga TON native 3277
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
Africa Tristan da Cunha TRC native 113661
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3277
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 3277
Europe UK GBR native 3277
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 115202
Europe Ukraine UKR native 897
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 3287
South America Uruguay URY 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
Asia Yemen YEM native 3287

Table 4: Reported from 167 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3277
Europe Albania ALB native 3277
Africa Algeria DZA native 3277
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
South America Argentina ARG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 35204
North America Bahamas BHS native 3277
Asia Bahrain BHR native 3287
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 3277
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
Africa Benin BEN native 7097
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3277
South America Brazil BRA native 3277
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 37297
Asia Cambodia KHM native 3277
Africa Cameroon CMR native 7097
North America Canada CAN native 11980
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 7097
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
South America Chile CHL native 115205
Asia China CHN native 3277
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Comoros COM native 3287
Africa Congo COG native 7097
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 7097
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 3277
North America Costa Rica CRI native 3277
Europe Croatia HRV native 3277
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3277
Africa Djibouti DJI native 3287
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3277
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Egypt EGY native 3287
North America El Salvador SLV native 2850
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 7097
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3287
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Europe France FRA native 3277
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
Africa Gabon GAB native 7097
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Africa Gambia GMB native 7097
Africa Ghana GHA native 7097
Europe Greece GRC native 3277
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 35721
North America Guatemala GTM native 3277
Africa Guinea GIN native 7097
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 3277
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3277
Asia Iran IRN native 3287
Asia Iraq IRQ native 3287
Europe Ireland IRL native 115202
Asia Israel ISR native 3287
Europe Italy ITA 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
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 3277
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 3287
Asia Lebanon LBN native 3277
Africa Liberia LBR native 7097
Africa Libya LBY native 3277
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3287
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Asia Malaysia MYS native 3277
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 3277
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 3277
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritania MRT native 7097
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 3277
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Europe Monaco MCO native 3277
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3277
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Morocco MAR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Africa Namibia NAM native 27121
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 3277
Africa Nigeria NGA native 7097
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 3277
Europe Norway NOR native 28571
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 3287
Oceania Palau PLW native 3277
North America Panama PAN native 3277
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
South America Peru PER native 3277
Asia Philippines PHL native 3277
Europe Portugal PRT native 3277
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 3277
Asia Qatar QAT native 3287
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3277
Oceania Samoa WSM native 3277
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3287
Africa Senegal SEN native 7097
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3287
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 7097
Europe Slovenia SVN native 27929
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3277
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3287
Europe Spain ESP native 3277
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3277
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
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 3287
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 3277
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 3277
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 7097
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3277
Oceania Tonga TON native 3277
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
Africa Tristan da Cunha TRC native 113661
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3277
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 3277
Europe UK GBR native 3277
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 115202
Europe Ukraine UKR native 897
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 3287
South America Uruguay URY 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
Asia Yemen YEM native 3287
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