Scarus tricolor was reported from 26 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 26 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: widespread in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 9793), ranging from East Africa south to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 5490) and east to Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago, and Maldives through the eastern Indian Ocean to French Polynesia and Pitcairn. Replaced by Scarus forsteni in most of the Pacific, with overlapping distributions in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia and Palau (Ref. 37816). Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).
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Table 1: Present in 26 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 3488
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 8631
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 3488
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 9710
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3488
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania Nauru NRU native 9710
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 6306
Oceania Palau PLW native 9710
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3488
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5490
Africa Tanzania TZA native 3488
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534

Table 4: Reported from 26 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 3488
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 8631
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 3488
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 9710
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3488
Asia Malaysia MYS native 27550
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania Nauru NRU native 9710
Oceania North. Marianas MNP native 6306
Oceania Palau PLW native 9710
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6192
Asia Philippines PHL native 58652
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Africa Seychelles SYC native 3488
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5490
Africa Tanzania TZA native 3488
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Tonga TON native 53797
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 58534
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