Ablennes hians was reported from 120 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 120 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: Worldwide distribution in tropical and warm temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and Dakar to Moçamedes, Angola (Ref. 5757); ranging further south to Namibia (Ref. 12484). Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Throughout the Indian Ocean. Western Pacific: off coasts and islands from southern Japan through the East Indies to Australia (Ref. 9682). Reported from Tuvalu (Ref. 12690). Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru. Entire Caribbean, Antilles and South American coast to Rio de Janeiro (Ref. 26938).
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Table 1: Present in 120 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 26938
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3129
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 9682
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
North America Barbados BRB native 3129
North America Belize BLZ native 3129
Africa Benin BEN native 5757
North America Bermuda BMU native 7251
South America Brazil BRA native 7251
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5757
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 33390
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 9761
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
South America Colombia COL native 9279
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Africa Congo COG native 5757
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 5757
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9279
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
North America Dominica DMA native 3129
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3129
South America Ecuador ECU native 9279
North America El Salvador SLV native 9279
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5757
Oceania Fiji FJI native 10708
South America French Guiana GUF native 13608
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 6784
Africa Gabon GAB native 5757
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 26352
Africa Gambia GMB native 5757
Africa Ghana GHA native 5757
North America Grenada GRD native 26938
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 26938
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
North America Guatemala GTM native 9279
Africa Guinea GIN native 5757
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3129
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 583
North America Honduras HND native 9279
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Iraq IRQ native 105088
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 5757
North America Jamaica JAM native 3129
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Liberia LBR native 5757
Africa Madagascar MDG native 12484
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Europe Malta MLT native 124845
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
North America Martinique MTQ native 26938
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 9279
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 26938
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Africa Namibia NAM native 12484
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 8879
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9279
Africa Nigeria NGA native 5757
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8879
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 6306
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
North America Panama PAN native 9279
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
South America Peru PER native 9279
Asia Philippines PHL native 280
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 41650
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Senegal SEN native 5757
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3130
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4743
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5317
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3129
North America St Lucia LCA native 3129
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 58047
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3129
South America Suriname SUR native 13608
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 5757
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 26938
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180

Table 4: Reported from 120 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Anguilla AIA native 26938
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 3129
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 9682
North America Bahamas BHS native 5521
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
North America Barbados BRB native 3129
North America Belize BLZ native 3129
Africa Benin BEN native 5757
North America Bermuda BMU native 7251
South America Brazil BRA native 7251
Africa Cameroon CMR native 5757
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 33390
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 9761
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia China CHN native 57879
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 4868
South America Colombia COL native 9279
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Africa Congo COG native 5757
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 5757
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
North America Costa Rica CRI native 9279
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
North America Dominica DMA native 3129
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 3129
South America Ecuador ECU native 9279
North America El Salvador SLV native 9279
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 5757
Oceania Fiji FJI native 10708
South America French Guiana GUF native 13608
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 6784
Africa Gabon GAB native 5757
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 26352
Africa Gambia GMB native 5757
Africa Ghana GHA native 5757
North America Grenada GRD native 26938
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 26938
Oceania Guam GUM native 37816
North America Guatemala GTM native 9279
Africa Guinea GIN native 5757
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
North America Haiti HTI native 3129
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 583
North America Honduras HND native 9279
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Iraq IRQ native 105088
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 5757
North America Jamaica JAM native 3129
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 68964
Africa Liberia LBR native 5757
Africa Madagascar MDG native 12484
Asia Malaysia MYS native 5756
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Europe Malta MLT native 124845
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 37816
North America Martinique MTQ native 26938
Africa Mauritania MRT native 55783
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
North America Mexico MEX native 9279
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
North America Montserrat MSR native 26938
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Africa Namibia NAM native 12484
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 8879
North America Nicaragua NIC native 9279
Africa Nigeria NGA native 5757
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8879
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 6306
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
North America Panama PAN native 9279
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
South America Peru PER native 9279
Asia Philippines PHL native 280
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 41650
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 50307
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 34088
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Senegal SEN native 5757
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3130
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4743
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5317
Africa St Helena SHN native 5288
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 3129
North America St Lucia LCA native 3129
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 58047
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 3129
South America Suriname SUR native 13608
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 5757
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 26938
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 12690
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9706
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 26938
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 26180
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