Bodianus loxozonus was reported from 23 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 23 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: Western Pacific: eastward to French Polynesia, north to Japan, south to New Caledonia. Myers & Lieske 1994 (Ref. 9710) list the subspecies loxozonus as occurring from Vietnam to the Marshall Islands and Tonga, north to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands and the subspecies trotteri as occurring in the Line and Cook Islands and French Polynesia. Reports of Bodianus hirsutus (synonym of Bodianus macrourus) from SW Indian Ocean may be referring to this species.
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Table 1: Present in 23 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 37816
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 5193
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 9710
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 2334
Oceania Guam GUM native 1602
Asia Indonesia IDN native 47567
Asia Japan JPN native 1602
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 9710
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 5439
Oceania Niue NIU native 37816
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 48613
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 1602
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Oceania Tonga TON native 1602
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5439
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

Table 4: Reported from 23 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 37816
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 5193
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 9710
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 2334
Oceania Guam GUM native 1602
Asia Indonesia IDN native 47567
Asia Japan JPN native 1602
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 9710
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 5439
Oceania Niue NIU native 37816
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 48613
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 1602
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Oceania Tonga TON native 1602
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 5439
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
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