Scarus ghobban was reported from 68 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 68 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-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 80050); Red Sea and Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 5490) to Rapa and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Perth, New South Wales. Likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623). Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador (Ref. 5227). Eastern Mediterranean: off the coast of Shiqmona, first Lessepsian immigrant of Family Scaridae (Ref. 45081).
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Table 1: Present in 68 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 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Cambodia KHM native 84750
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9338
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 9338
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Oceania Guam GUM native 35720
North America Guatemala GTM native 9338
North America Honduras HND native 9338
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Iran IRN native 47533
Asia Iraq IRQ native 51878
Asia Israel ISR native 45081
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 5439
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Asia Lebanon LBN introduced 113642
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Asia Malaysia MYS native 35545
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 4795
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
North America Mexico MEX native 9338
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 1602
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 9070
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9338
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
North America Panama PAN native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 48613
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 37816
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 28620
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3488
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5439
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5490
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 45255
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4795
Asia Taiwan TWN native 4868
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84356
Asia Yemen YEM native 37631

Table 4: Reported from 68 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Cambodia KHM native 84750
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 47843
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9338
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 9338
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 4795
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Oceania Guam GUM native 35720
North America Guatemala GTM native 9338
North America Honduras HND native 9338
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Iran IRN native 47533
Asia Iraq IRQ native 51878
Asia Israel ISR native 45081
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 5439
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Asia Lebanon LBN introduced 113642
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Asia Malaysia MYS native 35545
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 4795
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
North America Mexico MEX native 9338
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 1602
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 9070
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9338
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
North America Panama PAN native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 48613
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 37816
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Réunion REU native 53568
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 28620
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3488
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5439
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5490
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 45255
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 4795
Asia Taiwan TWN native 4868
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84356
Asia Yemen YEM native 37631
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