Lithognathus mormyrus was reported from 58 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 50 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 4 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 4 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean; southward to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; around the Canary and Cape Verde Islands (Ref. 3688); and Madeira Is (Ref. 74541). Western Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique (Ref. 3688). Not found in tropical east Africa (Ref. 3198), Red Sea (Ref. 84159) and Black Sea (Ref. 4781, 112870).
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Table 1: Present in 50 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 5287
Africa Benin BEN native 2715
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4781
Africa Cameroon CMR native 2715
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 4517
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 3688
Africa Congo COG native 2715
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3688
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV native 2715
Europe Croatia HRV native 4781
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 2715
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 2715
Europe France FRA native 2715
Africa Gabon GAB native 2715
Africa Gambia GMB native 2715
Africa Ghana GHA native 2715
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 2715
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Africa Guinea GIN native 2715
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4781
Africa Liberia LBR native 2715
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Europe Monaco MCO native 4517
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 2715
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Africa Namibia NAM native 27121
Africa Nigeria NGA native 2715
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Europe Portugal PRT native 2715
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 3688
Africa Senegal SEN native 4517
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 2715
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4781
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3198
Europe Spain ESP native 2715
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Togo TGO native 2715
Africa Tunisia TUN native 4517
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3688

Table 2: Possible in 4 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Bulgaria BGR questionable 37297
Africa Kenya KEN questionable 12484
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 12484
Africa Tanzania TZA questionable 12484

Table 3: Absent from 4 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Eritrea ERI misidentification 84159
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU misidentification 84159
Africa Sudan SDN misidentification 84159
Asia Yemen YEM misidentification 84159

Table 4: Reported from 58 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 5287
Africa Benin BEN native 2715
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4781
Europe Bulgaria BGR questionable 37297
Africa Cameroon CMR native 2715
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 4517
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 3688
Africa Congo COG native 2715
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3688
Africa Cote d'Ivoire CIV native 2715
Europe Croatia HRV native 4781
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 2715
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 2715
Africa Eritrea ERI misidentification 84159
Europe France FRA native 2715
Africa Gabon GAB native 2715
Africa Gambia GMB native 2715
Africa Ghana GHA native 2715
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 2715
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Africa Guinea GIN native 2715
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
Africa Kenya KEN questionable 12484
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4781
Africa Liberia LBR native 2715
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Europe Monaco MCO native 4517
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 2715
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Africa Namibia NAM native 27121
Africa Nigeria NGA native 2715
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Europe Portugal PRT native 2715
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 3688
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU misidentification 84159
Africa Senegal SEN native 4517
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 2715
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4781
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 12484
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3198
Europe Spain ESP native 2715
Africa Sudan SDN misidentification 84159
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Tanzania TZA questionable 12484
Africa Togo TGO native 2715
Africa Tunisia TUN native 4517
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3688
Asia Yemen YEM misidentification 84159
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