Zebrasoma scopas was reported from 51 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 50 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, including the Mascarene Islands (Ref. 37792) to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands.
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Table 1: Present in 50 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 1602
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 37792
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Africa Comoros COM native 37792
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Oceania Fiji FJI native 37792
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
Oceania Guam GUM native 35721
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 128523
Asia Indonesia IDN native 48637
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 28618
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 37792
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
Africa Mauritius MUS native 5503
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8880
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 48613
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 121505
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 37792
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 37792
Africa South Africa ZAF native 37792
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 10361
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4795
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 4868
Africa Tanzania TZA native 51015
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 1602
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 46904
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573

Table 4: Reported from 51 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 1602
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 37792
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Africa Comoros COM native 37792
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Oceania Fiji FJI native 37792
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
Oceania Guam GUM native 35721
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 128523
Asia Indonesia IDN native 48637
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 28618
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 37792
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
Africa Mauritius MUS native 5503
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8880
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 48613
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 121505
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 37792
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 37792
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 37792
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 10361
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4795
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 4868
Africa Tanzania TZA native 51015
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 1602
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 46904
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
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