Istiompax indica was reported from 97 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 77 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 20 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: tropical and subtropical waters, occasionally entering temperate waters. Stray individuals migrate into the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Cape of Good Hope, but the existence of Atlantic breeding stocks is unlikely. Highly migratory species.
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Table 1: Present in 77 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 6390
Asia Bahrain BHR native 43
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 43
Asia Cambodia KHM native 43
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
South America Chile CHL native 43
Asia China CHN native 43
South America Colombia COL native 43
Africa Comoros COM native 43
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 43
North America Costa Rica CRI native 43
Africa Djibouti DJI native 43
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 43
Africa Eritrea ERI native 43
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 43
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 43
Oceania Guam GUM native 43
North America Guatemala GTM native 43
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 43
North America Honduras HND native 43
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 43
Asia Iran IRN native 43
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 43
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 43
Asia Korea (North) PRK native 43
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 43
Africa Madagascar MDG native 43
Asia Malaysia MYS native 43
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 43
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 43
Africa Mauritius MUS native 43
North America Mexico MEX native 43
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 43
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 43
Asia Myanmar MMR native 43
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 43
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 43
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 43
Oceania Palau PLW native 43
North America Panama PAN native 43
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
South America Peru PER native 43
Asia Philippines PHL native 43
Africa Reunion I. REU native 43
Europe Russia RUS native 43
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 43
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 43
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 43
Africa Somalia SOM native 43
Africa South Africa ZAF native 43
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 43
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 43
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 43
Africa Tanzania TZA native 43
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 43
Oceania Tonga TON native 43
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 43
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 43
North America USA USA native 43
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 43
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 37816
Asia Yemen YEM native 43

Table 2: Possible in 20 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO stray 43
Africa Benin BEN stray 43
Africa Cameroon CMR stray 43
Africa Cape Verde CPV stray 43
Africa Congo COG stray 43
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD stray 43
Africa Gabon GAB stray 43
Africa Gambia GMB stray 43
Africa Ghana GHA stray 43
Africa Guinea GIN stray 43
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB stray 43
Europe Italy ITA questionable 13729
Africa Ivory coast CIV stray 43
Africa Liberia LBR stray 43
Africa Mauritania MRT stray 43
Africa Namibia NAM stray 43
Africa Nigeria NGA stray 43
Africa Senegal SEN stray 43
Africa Sierra Leone SLE stray 43
Africa Togo TGO stray 43

Table 4: Reported from 97 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO stray 43
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
Asia Bahrain BHR native 43
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 43
Africa Benin BEN stray 43
Asia Cambodia KHM native 43
Africa Cameroon CMR stray 43
Africa Cape Verde CPV stray 43
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
South America Chile CHL native 43
Asia China CHN native 43
South America Colombia COL native 43
Africa Comoros COM native 43
Africa Congo COG stray 43
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD stray 43
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 43
North America Costa Rica CRI native 43
Africa Djibouti DJI native 43
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 43
Africa Eritrea ERI native 43
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 43
Africa Gabon GAB stray 43
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 43
Africa Gambia GMB stray 43
Africa Ghana GHA stray 43
Oceania Guam GUM native 43
North America Guatemala GTM native 43
Africa Guinea GIN stray 43
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB stray 43
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 43
North America Honduras HND native 43
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 43
Asia Iran IRN native 43
Europe Italy ITA questionable 13729
Africa Ivory coast CIV stray 43
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 43
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 43
Asia Korea (North) PRK native 43
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 43
Africa Liberia LBR stray 43
Africa Madagascar MDG native 43
Asia Malaysia MYS native 43
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 43
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 43
Africa Mauritania MRT stray 43
Africa Mauritius MUS native 43
North America Mexico MEX native 43
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 43
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 43
Asia Myanmar MMR native 43
Africa Namibia NAM stray 43
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 43
Africa Nigeria NGA stray 43
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 43
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 43
Oceania Palau PLW native 43
North America Panama PAN native 43
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
South America Peru PER native 43
Asia Philippines PHL native 43
Africa Reunion I. REU native 43
Europe Russia RUS native 43
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 43
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Senegal SEN stray 43
Africa Seychelles SYC native 43
Africa Sierra Leone SLE stray 43
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 43
Africa Somalia SOM native 43
Africa South Africa ZAF native 43
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 43
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 43
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 43
Africa Tanzania TZA native 43
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO stray 43
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 43
Oceania Tonga TON native 43
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 43
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 43
North America USA USA native 43
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 43
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 37816
Asia Yemen YEM native 43
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