Seriola rivoliana was reported from 116 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 114 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Circumglobal. Indo-West Pacific: Kenya south to South Africa (Ref. 3287) and east to Mariana and Wake islands in Micronesia, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands (Ref. 8879). Absent from the Red Sea and French Polynesia. Likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623). Eastern Pacific: USA to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ref. 2850). Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to northern Argentina (Ref. 9626). Distribution in the eastern Atlantic is not well established. Recently recorded from Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean (Ref. 47878).
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Table 1: Present in 114 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3287
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 3287
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
South America Argentina ARG native 7251
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 98447
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 56671
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 3287
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Asia Cambodia KHM native 3287
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 3287
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 3287
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 43515
South America Colombia COL native 9283
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 3287
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9283
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Africa Djibouti DJI native 3287
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 9283
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Europe France FRA native 116450
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 89972
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 35721
North America Guatemala GTM native 9283
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 9283
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3287
Asia Iran IRN native 3287
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 3287
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 3287
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Asia Malaysia MYS native 3287
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 3287
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 3287
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritius MUS native 33390
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 26550
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 3287
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9283
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 3287
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 3287
North America Panama PAN native 9283
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 3287
South America Peru PER native 5530
Asia Philippines PHL native 3287
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 121505
Europe Portugal PRT native 3287
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3287
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Singapore SGP native 3287
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3287
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Europe Spain ESP native 86578
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3287
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 3287
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 3287
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 3287
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3287
Oceania Tonga TON native 3287
South America Trind. M.Vaz Is. TRD native 40849
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 33407
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
South America Uruguay URY native 3277
North America USA USA native 7251
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 3287
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3277
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 37816
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 3287

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Greece GRC questionable 48635
Europe Italy ITA stray 47878

Table 4: Reported from 116 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 3287
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 3287
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
North America Anguilla AIA native 3277
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3277
South America Argentina ARG native 7251
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 98447
Oceania Australia AUS native 78751
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 56671
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 3287
North America Barbados BRB native 3277
North America Belize BLZ native 3277
North America Bermuda BMU native 3277
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Asia Cambodia KHM native 3287
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 3287
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 3277
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 3287
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 43515
South America Colombia COL native 9283
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 3287
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9283
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Africa Djibouti DJI native 3287
North America Dominica DMA native 3277
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 26235
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 9283
Oceania Fiji FJI native 12596
Europe France FRA native 116450
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 89972
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
Europe Greece GRC questionable 48635
North America Grenada GRD native 3277
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 3277
Oceania Guam GUM native 35721
North America Guatemala GTM native 9283
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3277
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
North America Honduras HND native 9283
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 3287
Asia Iran IRN native 3287
Europe Italy ITA stray 47878
North America Jamaica JAM native 3277
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 3287
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 3287
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Asia Malaysia MYS native 3287
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 3287
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 3287
North America Martinique MTQ native 3277
Africa Mauritius MUS native 33390
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 26550
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 37816
North America Montserrat MSR native 3277
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 3287
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11897
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9283
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8881
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 3287
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 3287
North America Panama PAN native 9283
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 3287
South America Peru PER native 5530
Asia Philippines PHL native 3287
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 121505
Europe Portugal PRT native 3287
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 3287
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Singapore SGP native 3287
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 3287
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3197
Europe Spain ESP native 86578
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 3287
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3277
North America St Lucia LCA native 3277
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3277
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 3287
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 3287
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 3287
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 3287
Oceania Tonga TON native 3287
South America Trind. M.Vaz Is. TRD native 40849
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 33407
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
South America Uruguay URY native 3277
North America USA USA native 7251
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 3287
South America Venezuela VEN native 9626
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 3277
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 37816
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 3287
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