Acanthurus maculiceps was reported from 24 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 23 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 1 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives (Ref. 30829); then from the Andaman Sea (Ref. 9710) and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Philippines and the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Samoa.
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Table 1: Present in 23 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 5439
Oceania Australia AUS native 37816
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 1602
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Asia Indonesia IDN native 48637
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 1602
Asia Maldives MDV native 30829
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 37816
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 1920
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 1920
Oceania Samoa WSM native 1602
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5439
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 1920
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Hawaii HWI stray 58302

Table 4: Reported from 24 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 5439
Oceania Australia AUS native 37816
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 1602
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
Oceania Hawaii HWI stray 58302
Asia Indonesia IDN native 48637
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 1602
Asia Maldives MDV native 30829
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 5439
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 37816
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 1920
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 1920
Oceania Samoa WSM native 1602
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 5439
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 1920
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
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