Bodianus mesothorax was reported from 23 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 23 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: Western Pacific between Wakayama Pref., Japan and Sydney, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Indian Ocean, along the western coast of Malaysia and Indonesia, and at least in the Nicobars at the edge of the Andaman Sea. Evidently excluded from the oceanic mid-Pacific plate;
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Table 1: Present in 23 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Oceania Fiji FJI native 2334
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia Indonesia IDN native 559
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Asia Myanmar MMR native 90102
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 52522
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 90102
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 2334
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

Table 4: Reported from 23 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia China CHN native 123833
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Oceania Fiji FJI native 2334
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia Indonesia IDN native 559
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Asia Myanmar MMR native 90102
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 52522
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 90102
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 2334
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
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