Lethrinus variegatus was reported from 41 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 40 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 1 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 East Africa to the Ryukyu Islands and New Caledonia. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797). Also reported from French Polynesian islands (Ref. 4795) but this is a misidentification of Lethrinus rubrioperculatus (Ref. 2295).
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Table 1: Present in 40 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 2295
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 2295
Africa Comoros COM native 2295
Africa Djibouti DJI native 2295
Africa Egypt EGY native 2295
Africa Eritrea ERI native 2295
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 2295
Asia Israel ISR native 2295
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 2295
Africa Madagascar MDG native 2295
Asia Malaysia MYS native 2295
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 2295
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 2295
Africa Reunion I. REU native 2295
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 2295
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 2295
Africa Seychelles SYC native 2295
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Africa Somalia SOM native 2295
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 2295
Africa Sudan SDN native 2295
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2295
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Asia Yemen YEM native 2295

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa South Africa ZAF questionable 4369

Table 4: Reported from 41 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 2295
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 2295
Africa Comoros COM native 2295
Africa Djibouti DJI native 2295
Africa Egypt EGY native 2295
Africa Eritrea ERI native 2295
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 2295
Asia Israel ISR native 2295
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 2295
Africa Madagascar MDG native 2295
Asia Malaysia MYS native 2295
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 2295
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 2295
Africa Reunion I. REU native 2295
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 2295
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 2295
Africa Seychelles SYC native 2295
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Africa Somalia SOM native 2295
Africa South Africa ZAF questionable 4369
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 2295
Africa Sudan SDN native 2295
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2295
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 12846
Asia Yemen YEM native 2295
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