Tylosurus crocodilus was reported from 102 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 102 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: Red Sea and South Africa (Ref. 5317) and Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964) to French Polynesia (Ref. 6784), north to Japan (Ref. 559), south to New South Wales, Australia (Ref. 33390). Replaced by Tylosurus crocodilus fodiator in the eastern Pacific. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: Fernando Poo, Cameroon, Liberia, and Ascension Island (Ref. 5757); from Senegal and Guinea (Ref. 28587); and Cape Verde (Ref. 27000). Recorded from the Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 83387).
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Table 1: Present in 102 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 26938
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3129
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 5757
Oceania Australia AUS native 4959
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
North America Barbados BRB native 3129
North America Belize BLZ native 13442
North America Bon. Eust. Saba BES native 128317
South America Brazil BRA native 7251
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5757
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 26938
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
North America Dominica DMA native 3129
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3129
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5757
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 6784
Europe Greece GRC introduced 113897
North America Grenada GRD native 26938
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 26938
Africa Guinea GIN native 28587
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3129
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5757
Asia Iran IRN native 47613
Asia Iraq IRQ native 104291
North America Jamaica JAM native 3129
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 3130
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Liberia LBR native 5757
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3130
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
North America Martinique MTQ native 26938
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 37039
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 26938
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11889
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 393
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 87915
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Senegal SEN native 28587
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5317
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3129
North America St Lucia LCA native 3129
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3129
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Africa Tanzania TZA native 3130
Asia Thailand THA native 52823
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 5757
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 11225
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 26938
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84356

Table 4: Reported from 102 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 26938
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3129
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 5757
Oceania Australia AUS native 4959
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
North America Barbados BRB native 3129
North America Belize BLZ native 13442
North America Bon. Eust. Saba BES native 128317
South America Brazil BRA native 7251
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5757
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 26938
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
North America Dominica DMA native 3129
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3129
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5757
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 6784
Europe Greece GRC introduced 113897
North America Grenada GRD native 26938
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 26938
Africa Guinea GIN native 28587
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3129
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5757
Asia Iran IRN native 47613
Asia Iraq IRQ native 104291
North America Jamaica JAM native 3129
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 3130
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Liberia LBR native 5757
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3130
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1602
North America Martinique MTQ native 26938
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 37039
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 26938
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11889
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1602
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 393
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 87915
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Senegal SEN native 28587
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5317
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3129
North America St Lucia LCA native 3129
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3129
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Africa Tanzania TZA native 3130
Asia Thailand THA native 52823
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 5757
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 11225
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 26938
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 84356
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