Belone belone was reported from 46 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 46 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: Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Three subspecies were recognized by Collette and Parin (1970, Ref. 34977) Belone belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) (Northeast Atlantic); Belone belone euxini Günther, 1866 (Black Sea and Sea of Azov); Belone belone acus Risso, 1827 (Mediterranean Sea and adjacent parts of Atlantic Ocean, Madeira, Canary Islands, Azores, and south to Cape Verde (Ref. 50279); subspecies Belone belone gracilis Lowe, 1839 (France to the Canary Islands including the Mediterranean) in Collette & Parin, 1990 (Ref. 5757).
How to read the map
Comments & Corrections


Table 1: Present in 46 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 5505
Africa Algeria DZA native 5505
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 5505
Europe Belgium BEL native 5505
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 5505
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 5505
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Europe Channel Is. CHA native 5505
Europe Croatia HRV native 5505
Asia Cyprus CYP native 5505
Europe Denmark DNK native 5505
Europe Estonia EST native 33247
Europe Finland FIN native 6114
Europe France FRA native 38302
Asia Georgia GEO native 5505
Europe Germany DEU native 5505
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 5505
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Europe Iceland ISL native 5505
Europe Ireland IRL native 5505
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 5505
Europe Italy ITA native 5505
Europe Latvia LVA native 5505
Africa Libya LBY native 5505
Europe Lithuania LTU native 5505
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Europe Monaco MCO native 5505
Europe Montenegro MNE native 5505
Africa Morocco MAR native 5505
Europe Netherlands NLD native 5505
Europe Norway NOR native 5505
Europe Poland POL native 5505
Europe Portugal PRT native 5505
Europe Romania ROU native 5505
Europe Russia RUS native 5505
Europe Slovenia SVN native 5505
Europe Spain ESP native 5505
Europe Sweden SWE native 5505
Asia Syria SYR native 5505
Africa Tunisia TUN native 5505
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 5505
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 5505
Europe UK No Ireld GBN native 5505
Europe Ukraine UKR native 897

Table 4: Reported from 46 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 5505
Africa Algeria DZA native 5505
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 5505
Europe Belgium BEL native 5505
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 5505
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 5505
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Europe Channel Is. CHA native 5505
Europe Croatia HRV native 5505
Asia Cyprus CYP native 5505
Europe Denmark DNK native 5505
Europe Estonia EST native 33247
Europe Finland FIN native 6114
Europe France FRA native 38302
Asia Georgia GEO native 5505
Europe Germany DEU native 5505
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 5505
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Europe Iceland ISL native 5505
Europe Ireland IRL native 5505
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 5505
Europe Italy ITA native 5505
Europe Latvia LVA native 5505
Africa Libya LBY native 5505
Europe Lithuania LTU native 5505
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Europe Monaco MCO native 5505
Europe Montenegro MNE native 5505
Africa Morocco MAR native 5505
Europe Netherlands NLD native 5505
Europe Norway NOR native 5505
Europe Poland POL native 5505
Europe Portugal PRT native 5505
Europe Romania ROU native 5505
Europe Russia RUS native 5505
Europe Slovenia SVN native 5505
Europe Spain ESP native 5505
Europe Sweden SWE native 5505
Asia Syria SYR native 5505
Africa Tunisia TUN native 5505
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 5505
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 5505
Europe UK No Ireld GBN native 5505
Europe Ukraine UKR native 897
Back to Search
Back to Top

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

cfm script by eagbayani, 10.05.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 04/02/08 ,  last modified by sortiz, 06.27.17