Thunnus tonggol was reported from 34 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 32 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: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to New Guinea, north to Japan, south to Australia. Reported in New Zealand (Ref. 89192).
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Table 1: Present in 32 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 168
Oceania Australia AUS native 2334
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 168
Asia China CHN native 57879
Africa Djibouti DJI native 168
Africa Eritrea ERI native 168
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 168
Asia Iran IRN native 168
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Asia Malaysia MYS native 168
Asia Maldives MDV native 30829
Asia Myanmar MMR native 168
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 2872
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 168
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Asia Singapore SGP native 168
Africa Somalia SOM native 168
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 168
Asia Taiwan TWN native 5193
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 168
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 168
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Asia Yemen YEM native 168

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 5213
Oceania New Zealand NZL stray 89192

Table 4: Reported from 34 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 168
Oceania Australia AUS native 2334
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 168
Asia China CHN native 57879
Africa Djibouti DJI native 168
Africa Eritrea ERI native 168
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 168
Asia Iran IRN native 168
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Asia Malaysia MYS native 168
Asia Maldives MDV native 30829
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 168
Oceania New Zealand NZL stray 89192
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 2872
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6771
Asia Philippines PHL native 168
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Asia Singapore SGP native 168
Africa Somalia SOM native 168
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 168
Asia Taiwan TWN native 5193
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 168
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 168
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Asia Yemen YEM native 168
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