Encrasicholina punctifer was reported from 62 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 62 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: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf south to perhaps Durban in South Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and probably Burma. Also from southern Japan to China, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia south to Brisbane, Australia, Japan eastward to Hawaii, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Tahiti.
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Table 1: Present in 62 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 189
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 189
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 189
Asia Cambodia KHM native 189
Asia China CHN native 189
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 189
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 189
Africa Djibouti DJI native 189
Africa Egypt EGY native 189
Africa Eritrea ERI native 189
Oceania Fiji FJI native 189
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 189
Oceania Guam GUM native 189
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 189
Asia Iran IRN native 189
Asia Iraq IRQ native 189
Asia Israel ISR native 189
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 189
Africa Kenya KEN native 189
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 189
Asia Kuwait KWT native 189
Asia Macau MAC native 189
Africa Madagascar MDG native 189
Asia Malaysia MYS native 189
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 189
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 189
Asia Myanmar MMR native 189
Oceania Nauru NRU native 189
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 189
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 189
Oceania Palau PLW native 189
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 393
Asia Qatar QAT native 189
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 189
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 189
Asia Singapore SGP native 189
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 189
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5430
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 189
Africa Sudan SDN native 189
Africa Tanzania TZA native 189
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 189
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 189
Oceania Tonga TON native 189
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 189
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 189
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 189
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 189
Asia Yemen YEM native 189

Table 4: Reported from 62 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 189
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 189
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 189
Asia Cambodia KHM native 189
Asia China CHN native 189
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 189
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 189
Africa Djibouti DJI native 189
Africa Egypt EGY native 189
Africa Eritrea ERI native 189
Oceania Fiji FJI native 189
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 189
Oceania Guam GUM native 189
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 189
Asia Iran IRN native 189
Asia Iraq IRQ native 189
Asia Israel ISR native 189
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 189
Africa Kenya KEN native 189
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 189
Asia Kuwait KWT native 189
Asia Macau MAC native 189
Africa Madagascar MDG native 189
Asia Malaysia MYS native 189
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 189
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 189
Asia Myanmar MMR native 189
Oceania Nauru NRU native 189
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 189
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 189
Oceania Palau PLW native 189
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 393
Asia Qatar QAT native 189
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 189
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 189
Asia Singapore SGP native 189
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 189
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5430
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 189
Africa Sudan SDN native 189
Africa Tanzania TZA native 189
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 189
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 189
Oceania Tonga TON native 189
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 189
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 189
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 189
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 189
Asia Yemen YEM native 189
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