Chaunax penicillatus was reported from 12 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 12 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: widespread; including Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Japan, Taiwan, South China Sea, Australia and New Zealand.
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 93086
Asia India IND native 94130
Asia Indonesia IDN native 117885
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 4115
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4115
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 4115
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 93086
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4115
Africa Tanzania TZA native 26165

Table 4: Reported from 12 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 93086
Asia India IND native 94130
Asia Indonesia IDN native 117885
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 4115
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4115
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 4115
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 93086
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4115
Africa Tanzania TZA native 26165
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