Seriola dumerili was reported from 112 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 109 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 3 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Circumglobal. Tropical and warm temperate seas. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Persian Gulf, southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia; Mariana and Caroline islands in Micronesia. Western Atlantic: Bermuda (Ref. 26938), Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil; also from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 9626). Eastern Atlantic: British coast (vagrant) to Morocco and the Mediterranean. Distribution in eastern central Atlantic along the African coast is not well established due to past confusion with Seriola carpenteri (Ref. 7097).
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Table 1: Present in 109 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3397
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 98447
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 56671
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3397
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
North America Canada CAN native 9626
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia China CHN native 47843
South America Colombia COL native 5217
North America Costa Rica CRI native 3277
Europe Croatia HRV native 3397
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Europe France FRA native 3397
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 118727
Africa Gabon GAB native 5516
Europe Greece GRC native 3397
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
North America Guatemala GTM native 3277
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 3277
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3397
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 37816
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Asia Lebanon LBN native 3397
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Asia Malaysia MYS native 3397
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 26550
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Europe Monaco MCO native 3397
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Morocco MAR native 3397
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 72381
North America Nicaragua NIC native 3277
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 37816
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 128316
North America Panama PAN native 3277
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 6956
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 128315
Europe Portugal PRT native 3397
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Asia Qatar QAT native 128318
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 128319
Europe Slovenia SVN native 27929
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3287
Europe Spain ESP native 3397
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 43515
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Africa Togo TGO native 4517
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3277
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016

Table 2: Possible in 3 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM questionable 592
Oceania Cook Is. COK questionable 34027
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO questionable 5217

Table 4: Reported from 112 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3397
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Oceania American Samoa ASM questionable 592
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 98447
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 56671
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3397
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
North America Canada CAN native 9626
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia China CHN native 47843
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Oceania Cook Is. COK questionable 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 3277
Europe Croatia HRV native 3397
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Djibouti DJI native 5450
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Europe France FRA native 3397
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 118727
Africa Gabon GAB native 5516
Europe Greece GRC native 3397
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
North America Guatemala GTM native 3277
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 3277
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3397
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 37816
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Asia Lebanon LBN native 3397
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Asia Malaysia MYS native 3397
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 26550
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Europe Monaco MCO native 3397
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Morocco MAR native 3397
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 72381
North America Nicaragua NIC native 3277
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 37816
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 128316
North America Panama PAN native 3277
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 6956
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 128315
Europe Portugal PRT native 3397
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Asia Qatar QAT native 128318
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 128319
Europe Slovenia SVN native 27929
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3287
Europe Spain ESP native 3397
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 43515
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Africa Togo TGO native 4517
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO questionable 5217
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3277
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016
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