Epinephelus marginatus was reported from 57 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 53 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 4 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: East and Southwest Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: East Atlantic: throughout the Mediterranean Sea, and from the southern Bay of Biscaye to southern tip of Africa. Stray specimens reported from the British Isles, and eastern English Channel (Normandy, France; Ref. 92236). Southwest Atlantic: southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. Western Indian Ocean: from tip of Africa to southern Mozambique and southern Madagascar. Reported from Oman and La Reunion I.
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Table 1: Present in 53 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 5222
Africa Algeria DZA native 5222
Africa Angola AGO native 5222
South America Argentina ARG native 89707
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 5222
Africa Benin BEN native 5222
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 5222
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5222
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 5222
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Africa Congo COG native 5222
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 5222
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV native 5222
Europe Croatia HRV native 5222
Asia Cyprus CYP native 5222
Africa Egypt EGY native 5222
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5222
Europe France FRA native 5222
Africa Gabon GAB native 5222
Africa Gambia GMB native 5222
Africa Ghana GHA native 5222
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 5222
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Africa Guinea GIN native 5222
Asia Israel ISR native 5222
Europe Italy ITA native 5222
Asia Lebanon LBN native 5222
Africa Liberia LBR native 5222
Africa Libya LBY native 5222
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 5222
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5222
Europe Montenegro MNE native 5222
Africa Morocco MAR native 5222
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Africa Nigeria NGA native 5222
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Europe Portugal PRT native 5222
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Africa Senegal SEN native 5222
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 5222
Europe Slovenia SVN native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4787
Europe Spain ESP native 5222
Asia Syria SYR native 5222
Africa Togo TGO native 5222
Africa Tunisia TUN native 5222
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
South America Uruguay URY native 54736
Africa West Sahara ESH native 5222

Table 2: Possible in 4 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia India IND questionable 11228
Europe Ireland IRL stray 5204
Africa Réunion REU stray 53568
Europe UK GBR stray 5204

Table 4: Reported from 57 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 5222
Africa Algeria DZA native 5222
Africa Angola AGO native 5222
South America Argentina ARG native 89707
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 5222
Africa Benin BEN native 5222
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 5222
South America Brazil BRA native 57756
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5222
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 5222
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Africa Congo COG native 5222
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 5222
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV native 5222
Europe Croatia HRV native 5222
Asia Cyprus CYP native 5222
Africa Egypt EGY native 5222
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5222
Europe France FRA native 5222
Africa Gabon GAB native 5222
Africa Gambia GMB native 5222
Africa Ghana GHA native 5222
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 5222
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Africa Guinea GIN native 5222
Asia India IND questionable 11228
Europe Ireland IRL stray 5204
Asia Israel ISR native 5222
Europe Italy ITA native 5222
Asia Lebanon LBN native 5222
Africa Liberia LBR native 5222
Africa Libya LBY native 5222
Africa Madagascar MDG native 4787
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 5222
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5222
Europe Montenegro MNE native 5222
Africa Morocco MAR native 5222
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 57683
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Africa Nigeria NGA native 5222
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Europe Portugal PRT native 5222
Africa Réunion REU stray 53568
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Africa Senegal SEN native 5222
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 5222
Europe Slovenia SVN native 5222
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4787
Europe Spain ESP native 5222
Asia Syria SYR native 5222
Africa Togo TGO native 5222
Africa Tunisia TUN native 5222
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR stray 5204
South America Uruguay URY native 54736
Africa West Sahara ESH native 5222
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