Euthynnus affinis was reported from 69 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 69 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: Indo-West Pacific: in warm waters including oceanic islands and archipelagos. A few stray specimens have been collected in the Eastern Central Pacific. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).
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Table 1: Present in 69 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 45255
Oceania Australia AUS native 168
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 168
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 168
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 168
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Africa Comoros COM native 168
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Africa Djibouti DJI native 168
Africa Egypt EGY native 168
Africa Eritrea ERI native 168
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 168
Oceania Guam GUM native 168
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 168
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 168
Asia Iran IRN native 168
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 168
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 168
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Madagascar MDG native 168
Asia Malaysia MYS native 168
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 168
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 168
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Asia Myanmar MMR native 168
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 168
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 168
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 168
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 168
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 168
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Asia Singapore SGP native 168
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 168
Africa Somalia SOM native 168
Africa South Africa ZAF native 168
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 168
Africa Sudan SDN native 168
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 168
Asia Taiwan TWN native 168
Africa Tanzania TZA native 168
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 168
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 168
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12596
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 168
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 37816
Asia Yemen YEM native 168

Table 4: Reported from 69 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 45255
Oceania Australia AUS native 168
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 168
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 168
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 168
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Africa Comoros COM native 168
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Africa Djibouti DJI native 168
Africa Egypt EGY native 168
Africa Eritrea ERI native 168
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 168
Oceania Guam GUM native 168
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 168
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 168
Asia Iran IRN native 168
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 168
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 168
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Madagascar MDG native 168
Asia Malaysia MYS native 168
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 168
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 168
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Asia Myanmar MMR native 168
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 168
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 168
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 168
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 168
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 168
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Asia Singapore SGP native 168
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 168
Africa Somalia SOM native 168
Africa South Africa ZAF native 168
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 168
Africa Sudan SDN native 168
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 168
Asia Taiwan TWN native 168
Africa Tanzania TZA native 168
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 168
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 168
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12596
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 168
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 37816
Asia Yemen YEM native 168
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