Lutjanus griseus was reported from 57 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 36 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 20 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 1 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts south along U.S. coast, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Records from Brazil are based on misidentifications (Ref. 113893). Records from the eastern Atlantic are vagrants (Ref. 10795).
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Table 1: Present in 36 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Anguilla AIA native 55
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 55
North America Aruba ABW native 55
North America Bahamas BHS native 26938
North America Barbados BRB native 55
North America Belize BLZ native 55
North America Bermuda BMU native 26938
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 55
South America Colombia COL native 55
North America Costa Rica CRI native 55
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 55
North America Dominica DMA native 55
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 55
North America Grenada GRD native 55
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 55
North America Guatemala GTM native 55
North America Haiti HTI native 55
North America Honduras HND native 55
North America Jamaica JAM native 27286
North America Martinique MTQ native 26252
North America Mexico MEX native 55
North America Montserrat MSR native 55
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 55
North America Nicaragua NIC native 55
North America Panama PAN native 55
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 55
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 55
North America St Lucia LCA native 55
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 55
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 55
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
North America USA USA native 55
South America Venezuela VEN native 55
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 55
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180

Table 2: Possible in 20 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Benin BEN stray 113983
Africa Cameroon CMR stray 113983
Africa Cape Verde CPV stray 113983
Africa Congo COG stray 113983
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV stray 113983
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ stray 113983
South America French Guiana GUF questionable 113983
Africa Gabon GAB stray 113983
Africa Gambia GMB stray 113983
Africa Ghana GHA stray 113983
Africa Guinea GIN stray 113983
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB stray 113983
South America Guyana GUY questionable 113983
Africa Liberia LBR stray 113983
Africa Nigeria NGA stray 113983
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP questionable 34088
Africa Senegal SEN stray 113983
Africa Sierra Leone SLE stray 113983
South America Suriname SUR questionable 113983
Africa Togo TGO stray 113983

Table 3: Absent from 1 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America Brazil BRA misidentification 113983

Table 4: Reported from 57 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Anguilla AIA native 55
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 55
North America Aruba ABW native 55
North America Bahamas BHS native 26938
North America Barbados BRB native 55
North America Belize BLZ native 55
Africa Benin BEN stray 113983
North America Bermuda BMU native 26938
South America Brazil BRA misidentification 113983
Africa Cameroon CMR stray 113983
Africa Cape Verde CPV stray 113983
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 55
South America Colombia COL native 55
Africa Congo COG stray 113983
North America Costa Rica CRI native 55
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV stray 113983
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 55
North America Dominica DMA native 55
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 55
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ stray 113983
South America French Guiana GUF questionable 113983
Africa Gabon GAB stray 113983
Africa Gambia GMB stray 113983
Africa Ghana GHA stray 113983
North America Grenada GRD native 55
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 55
North America Guatemala GTM native 55
Africa Guinea GIN stray 113983
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB stray 113983
South America Guyana GUY questionable 113983
North America Haiti HTI native 55
North America Honduras HND native 55
North America Jamaica JAM native 27286
Africa Liberia LBR stray 113983
North America Martinique MTQ native 26252
North America Mexico MEX native 55
North America Montserrat MSR native 55
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 55
North America Nicaragua NIC native 55
Africa Nigeria NGA stray 113983
North America Panama PAN native 55
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 55
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP questionable 34088
Africa Senegal SEN stray 113983
Africa Sierra Leone SLE stray 113983
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 55
North America St Lucia LCA native 55
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 55
South America Suriname SUR questionable 113983
Africa Togo TGO stray 113983
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 55
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
North America USA USA native 55
South America Venezuela VEN native 55
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 55
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
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