Mycteroperca rubra was reported from 46 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 42 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 2 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to southern Angola; reports from islands require confirmation. Specimens from Madeira, Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde have been examined by Heemstra (1991, Ref. 6512) and are identified to be Mycteroperca fusca. Replaced by Mycteroperca acutirostris in the western Atlantic.
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Table 1: Present in 42 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 5222
Africa Algeria DZA native 5222
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Africa Benin BEN native 5222
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 5222
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5222
Africa Congo COG native 5222
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 5222
Europe Croatia HRV native 5222
Asia Cyprus CYP native 5222
Africa Egypt EGY native 5222
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5222
Europe France FRA native 98000
Africa Gabon GAB native 5222
Africa Gambia GMB native 5222
Africa Ghana GHA native 5222
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 5222
Europe Greece GRC native 5222
Africa Guinea GIN native 5222
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 5222
Asia Israel ISR native 5222
Europe Italy ITA native 5222
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 5222
Asia Lebanon LBN native 5222
Africa Liberia LBR native 5222
Africa Libya LBY native 5222
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Europe Montenegro MNE native 5222
Africa Morocco MAR native 5222
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 9761
Africa Nigeria NGA native 5222
Europe Portugal PRT native 5222
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Africa Senegal SEN native 5222
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 5222
Europe Slovenia SVN native 5222
Europe Spain ESP native 5222
Asia Syria SYR native 5222
Africa Togo TGO native 5222
Africa Tunisia TUN native 5222
Africa West Sahara ESH native 5222

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Nicaragua NIC questionable 13613
Asia Turkey TUR questionable 57855

Table 3: Absent from 2 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Cape Verde CPV misidentification 94080
Africa Madeira Is. MRA misidentification 75154

Table 4: Reported from 46 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 5222
Africa Algeria DZA native 5222
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Africa Benin BEN native 5222
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 5222
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5222
Africa Cape Verde CPV misidentification 94080
Africa Congo COG native 5222
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 5222
Europe Croatia HRV native 5222
Asia Cyprus CYP native 5222
Africa Egypt EGY native 5222
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5222
Europe France FRA native 98000
Africa Gabon GAB native 5222
Africa Gambia GMB native 5222
Africa Ghana GHA native 5222
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 5222
Europe Greece GRC native 5222
Africa Guinea GIN native 5222
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 5222
Asia Israel ISR native 5222
Europe Italy ITA native 5222
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 5222
Asia Lebanon LBN native 5222
Africa Liberia LBR native 5222
Africa Libya LBY native 5222
Africa Madeira Is. MRA misidentification 75154
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Europe Montenegro MNE native 5222
Africa Morocco MAR native 5222
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 9761
North America Nicaragua NIC questionable 13613
Africa Nigeria NGA native 5222
Europe Portugal PRT native 5222
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Africa Senegal SEN native 5222
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 5222
Europe Slovenia SVN native 5222
Europe Spain ESP native 5222
Asia Syria SYR native 5222
Africa Togo TGO native 5222
Africa Tunisia TUN native 5222
Asia Turkey TUR questionable 57855
Africa West Sahara ESH native 5222
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