Carcharhinus amboinensis was reported from 22 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 22 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: Eastern Atlantic: Nigeria. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964), Gulf of Aden, South Africa, Madagascar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6871), and Australia. Also reported from the Mediterranean (Ref. 83386). Often confused with sympatric Carcharhinus leucas and Glyphis gangeticus but the three are distinguishable.
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Table 1: Present in 22 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 118627
Oceania Australia AUS native 6871
Asia Bahrain BHR native 28618
Africa Djibouti DJI native 244
Africa Gabon GAB native 127434
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 244
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Madagascar MDG native 244
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5578
Africa Nigeria NGA native 244
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 244
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 9997
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Somalia SOM native 244
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 244
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Asia Yemen YEM native 244

Table 4: Reported from 22 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 118627
Oceania Australia AUS native 6871
Asia Bahrain BHR native 28618
Africa Djibouti DJI native 244
Africa Gabon GAB native 127434
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 244
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Madagascar MDG native 244
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5578
Africa Nigeria NGA native 244
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 244
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 9997
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Somalia SOM native 244
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 244
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Asia Yemen YEM native 244
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