Mobula tarapacana was reported from 22 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 22 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: Circumtropical, recorded from scattered localities. Western Atlantic: off Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa. Reported from Cape Verde (Ref. 34514). Indian Ocean: northwestern Red Sea and India. Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, and probably tropical Australia (Ref. 9911). Eastern Pacific: From Gulf of California to Chile (Ref. 130539).
Comments & Corrections
How to read map
Table 1: Present in 22 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 118627
Oceania Australia AUS native 2334
South America Brazil BRA native 53435
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
South America Chile CHL native 9068
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 9911
South America Colombia COL native 9256
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 89972
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 94512
Asia India IND native 118627
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 9911
Asia Japan JPN native 9911
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
North America Mexico MEX native 9256
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
South America Peru PER native 130539
Asia Philippines PHL native 53416
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 58047
South America Venezuela VEN native 9911

Table 4: Reported from 22 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 118627
Oceania Australia AUS native 2334
South America Brazil BRA native 53435
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 94080
South America Chile CHL native 9068
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 9911
South America Colombia COL native 9256
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 89972
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 94512
Asia India IND native 118627
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 9911
Asia Japan JPN native 9911
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
North America Mexico MEX native 9256
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 86942
Oceania Palau PLW native 37816
South America Peru PER native 130539
Asia Philippines PHL native 53416
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 58047
South America Venezuela VEN native 9911
Back to Search
Back to Top

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

cfm script by eagbayani, 10.05.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 04/02/08 ,  last modified by sortiz, 06.27.17