Bregmaceros nectabanus was reported from 35 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 35 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 Atlantic: southeast Caribbean (Ref. 4496). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia; reported from the Cape, South Africa (Ref. 4096). Mediterranean Sea: Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 85575). Indian Ocean and tropical western Pacific to Fiji (Ref. 4496).

The species has been misidentified as Bregmaceros atlanticus in all previous reports in the Mediiterranean Sea before 2017 (Ref. 85575).

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Table 1: Present in 35 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 4496
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Africa Benin BEN native 4496
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4496
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Congo COG native 4496
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4496
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4496
Oceania Fiji FJI native 4496
Africa Gabon GAB native 4496
Africa Gambia GMB native 4496
Africa Ghana GHA native 4496
Africa Guinea GIN native 4496
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4496
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Israel ISR introduced 85575
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4496
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Liberia LBR native 4496
Africa Mauritania MRT native 4496
Africa Morocco MAR native 4496
Africa Namibia NAM native 4496
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4496
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 99978
Africa Senegal SEN native 4496
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4496
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4096
Africa Togo TGO native 4496
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Africa West Sahara ESH native 4496

Table 4: Reported from 35 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 4496
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Africa Benin BEN native 4496
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4496
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Congo COG native 4496
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4496
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4496
Oceania Fiji FJI native 4496
Africa Gabon GAB native 4496
Africa Gambia GMB native 4496
Africa Ghana GHA native 4496
Africa Guinea GIN native 4496
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4496
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Asia Israel ISR introduced 85575
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4496
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Liberia LBR native 4496
Africa Mauritania MRT native 4496
Africa Morocco MAR native 4496
Africa Namibia NAM native 4496
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4496
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 99978
Africa Senegal SEN native 4496
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4496
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4096
Africa Togo TGO native 4496
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Africa West Sahara ESH native 4496
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