Oblada melanura was reported from 47 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 47 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: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean, and from the Strait of Gibraltar to Angola. Also known from Madeira, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands.
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Table 1: Present in 47 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Africa Benin BEN native 3688
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4781
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 37297
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3688
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 3688
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 3688
Africa Congo COG native 3688
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3688
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV native 3688
Europe Croatia HRV native 4781
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3688
Europe France FRA native 3688
Africa Gabon GAB native 3688
Africa Gambia GMB native 3688
Africa Ghana GHA native 3688
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3688
Europe Greece GRC native 3397
Africa Guinea GIN native 3688
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 4517
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4781
Africa Liberia LBR native 3688
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 4517
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 3688
Europe Monaco MCO native 4517
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 3397
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3688
Europe Portugal PRT native 3397
Africa Senegal SEN native 3688
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3688
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4781
Europe Spain ESP native 4517
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Togo TGO native 3688
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3688

Table 4: Reported from 47 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Africa Benin BEN native 3688
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4781
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 37297
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3688
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 3688
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 3688
Africa Congo COG native 3688
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3688
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV native 3688
Europe Croatia HRV native 4781
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3688
Europe France FRA native 3688
Africa Gabon GAB native 3688
Africa Gambia GMB native 3688
Africa Ghana GHA native 3688
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3688
Europe Greece GRC native 3397
Africa Guinea GIN native 3688
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 4517
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4781
Africa Liberia LBR native 3688
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 4517
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 3688
Europe Monaco MCO native 4517
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 3397
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3688
Europe Portugal PRT native 3397
Africa Senegal SEN native 3688
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3688
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4781
Europe Spain ESP native 4517
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Togo TGO native 3688
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3688
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