Rostroraja alba was reported from 47 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 45 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 1 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 1 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and southwest Indian Ocean (British Isles to Mozambique) and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Table 1: Present in 45 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3167
Africa Algeria DZA native 3167
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Africa Benin BEN native 4426
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3167
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4426
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6808
Africa Congo COG native 4426
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4426
Europe Croatia HRV native 3167
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4426
Europe France FRA native 3167
Africa Gabon GAB native 4426
Africa Gambia GMB native 4426
Africa Ghana GHA native 4426
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3167
Europe Greece GRC native 3167
Africa Guinea GIN native 4426
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Europe Ireland IRL native 4426
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 9488
Europe Italy ITA native 3167
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4426
Africa Liberia LBR native 4426
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 2708
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 4426
Europe Monaco MCO native 3167
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3167
Africa Morocco MAR native 4426
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5578
Africa Namibia NAM native 5578
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4426
Europe Portugal PRT native 3167
Africa Senegal SEN native 4426
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4426
Europe Slovenia SVN native 3167
Africa South Africa ZAF native 128178
Europe Spain ESP native 3167
Africa Togo TGO native 4426
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3167
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 4426
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 4426
Africa West Sahara ESH native 4426

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Madagascar MDG questionable 114953

Table 3: Absent from 1 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Yemen YEM misidentification 114953

Table 4: Reported from 47 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3167
Africa Algeria DZA native 3167
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Africa Benin BEN native 4426
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3167
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4426
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6808
Africa Congo COG native 4426
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4426
Europe Croatia HRV native 3167
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4426
Europe France FRA native 3167
Africa Gabon GAB native 4426
Africa Gambia GMB native 4426
Africa Ghana GHA native 4426
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3167
Europe Greece GRC native 3167
Africa Guinea GIN native 4426
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Europe Ireland IRL native 4426
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 9488
Europe Italy ITA native 3167
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4426
Africa Liberia LBR native 4426
Africa Madagascar MDG questionable 114953
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 2708
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 4426
Europe Monaco MCO native 3167
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3167
Africa Morocco MAR native 4426
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5578
Africa Namibia NAM native 5578
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4426
Europe Portugal PRT native 3167
Africa Senegal SEN native 4426
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4426
Europe Slovenia SVN native 3167
Africa South Africa ZAF native 128178
Europe Spain ESP native 3167
Africa Togo TGO native 4426
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3167
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 4426
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 4426
Africa West Sahara ESH native 4426
Asia Yemen YEM misidentification 114953
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