Plotosus lineatus was reported from 58 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 58 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: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, southern Korea, and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and Lord Howe Island. Palau and Yap in Micronesia (Ref. 1602). Sometimes enters freshwaters of East Africa (Lake Malawi) and Madagascar (Ref. 3879). First record in the Mediterranean (Ref. 123740),
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Table 1: Present in 58 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Cambodia KHM native 12693
Asia China CHN native 40535
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Africa Egypt EGY introduced 123740
Oceania Fiji FJI native 13299
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 4833
Asia Indonesia IDN native 8631
Asia Iran IRN native 96002
Asia Iraq IRQ native 115291
Asia Israel ISR introduced 72453
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 8879
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 80050
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3879
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 9070
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8879
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 6306
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Pac Is Trust Tr PCI native 1602
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 6956
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 99978
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3977
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 10361
Asia Syria SYR introduced 123740
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 4868
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 1632
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Turkey TUR introduced 123740
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 13300
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 2682

Table 4: Reported from 58 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Cambodia KHM native 12693
Asia China CHN native 40535
Africa Comoros COM native 33390
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 34027
Africa Egypt EGY introduced 123740
Oceania Fiji FJI native 13299
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 4833
Asia Indonesia IDN native 8631
Asia Iran IRN native 96002
Asia Iraq IRQ native 115291
Asia Israel ISR introduced 72453
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 8879
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 77001
Asia Kuwait KWT native 80050
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 8879
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3879
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 41878
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 9070
Oceania Niue NIU native 3804
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 8879
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 6306
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 26066
Asia Oman OMN native 11441
Oceania Pac Is Trust Tr PCI native 1602
Oceania Palau PLW native 1602
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 6956
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 33390
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 99978
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3977
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 10361
Asia Syria SYR introduced 123740
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 4868
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 1632
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Turkey TUR introduced 123740
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 13300
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 2682
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