Plectropomus laevis was reported from 43 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 41 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-Pacific: Kenya to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, eastward to the Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland, Australia and including most islands of the Indian Ocean and of western and central Pacific. Unknown in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. Misidentified as Plectropomus maculatus by some authors (Ref. 6448, 6892).
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Table 1: Present in 41 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 28618
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 33390
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 123833
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5222
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 5222
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 27253
Asia Indonesia IDN native 8631
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 5222
Africa Madagascar MDG native 33390
Asia Malaysia MYS native 35545
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 5222
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 37816
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Palau PLW native 5222
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 5222
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 41650
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 4787
Africa Seychelles SYC native 33390
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5222
Africa Tanzania TZA native 5222
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5222
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 46904
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Reunion I. REU questionable 5222
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573

Table 4: Reported from 43 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 28618
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 33390
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 123833
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5222
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 5222
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 27253
Asia Indonesia IDN native 8631
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 5222
Africa Madagascar MDG native 33390
Asia Malaysia MYS native 35545
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 5222
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 37816
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Palau PLW native 5222
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 5222
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 41650
Africa Reunion I. REU questionable 5222
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 4787
Africa Seychelles SYC native 33390
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5222
Africa Tanzania TZA native 5222
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5222
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 46904
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
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