Rhynchostracion nasus was reported from 16 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 12 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 4 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: Sri Lanka (Ref. 1550) and Sumatra to Fiji, north to the Philippines; Palau and Truk in Micronesia. Matsuura 1999, pers. comm. strongly doubts its distribution in the southern GBR (as reported in Lieske & Meyers 1994, Ref. 9710) and does not know of any reliable record of this species from East Africa.
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 5978
Oceania Fiji FJI native 1602
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 1602
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 1550
Asia Thailand THA native 37773

Table 2: Possible in 4 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia China CHN questionable 57879
Asia Hong Kong HKG questionable 31075
Oceania Micronesia FSM questionable 1602
Africa Seychelles SYC questionable 1623

Table 4: Reported from 16 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 5978
Asia China CHN questionable 57879
Oceania Fiji FJI native 1602
Asia Hong Kong HKG questionable 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Oceania Micronesia FSM questionable 1602
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 1602
Africa Seychelles SYC questionable 1623
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 1550
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
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