Trachinotus botla was reported from 14 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 12 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: Indian Ocean: Somalia (Ref. 30573) and Kenya to Algoa Bay, South Africa; also Madagascar, Sri Lanka and western Australia.
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 47567
Africa Kenya KEN native 3197
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3197
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3197
Africa Tanzania TZA native 12484

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 12484
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN questionable 12711

Table 4: Reported from 14 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 47567
Africa Kenya KEN native 3197
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3197
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 12484
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3197
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN questionable 12711
Africa Tanzania TZA native 12484

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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