Cephalopholis boenak was reported from 33 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 31 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 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: Kenya to southern Mozambique eastward to the western Pacific. Reported from the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). Not reported from oceanic islands in the Indian Ocean, except for Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, and the Andaman and Lakshadweep islands. Unknown from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and from the islands of Micronesia except for Palau. Record from Rodriguez by Heemstra & Randall (1984, Ref. 3153) could not be verified and is probably erroneous (Ref. 33390).
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Table 1: Present in 31 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 5222
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Asia Cambodia KHM native 4787
Asia China CHN native 5222
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4787
Africa Comoros COM native 5222
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5222
Asia Japan JPN native 4787
Africa Kenya KEN native 5222
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Asia Malaysia MYS native 4787
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mayotte MYT native 89967
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 50314
Oceania Palau PLW native 5222
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 5222
Africa Seychelles SYC native 5222
Asia Singapore SGP native 4787
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 4787
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4787
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84368

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Mauritius MUS questionable 58078
Oceania Vanuatu VUT questionable 9710

Table 4: Reported from 33 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 5222
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Asia Cambodia KHM native 4787
Asia China CHN native 5222
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4787
Africa Comoros COM native 5222
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5222
Asia Japan JPN native 4787
Africa Kenya KEN native 5222
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Asia Malaysia MYS native 4787
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mauritius MUS questionable 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 89967
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 50314
Oceania Palau PLW native 5222
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 5222
Africa Seychelles SYC native 5222
Asia Singapore SGP native 4787
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 4787
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 4787
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4787
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Vanuatu VUT questionable 9710
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84368
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