Helicolenus dactylopterus was reported from 70 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 68 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland (Ref. 12462) and Norway to the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Guinea, including Madeira, the Azores, and the Canary Islands; also Walvis Bay, Namibia to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4313).
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Table 1: Present in 68 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 3397
Africa Benin BEN native 3397
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3397
South America Brazil BRA native 5217
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3397
North America Canada CAN native 5951
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 3397
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Congo COG native 3397
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3397
Europe Croatia HRV native 3397
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3397
Europe France FRA native 3397
Africa Gabon GAB native 3397
Africa Gambia GMB native 3397
Africa Ghana GHA native 3397
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3397
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
North America Greenland GRL native 83729
Africa Guinea GIN native 3397
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 3397
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
Europe Iceland ISL native 12462
Europe Ireland IRL native 3397
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 3397
Asia Lebanon LBN native 3397
Africa Liberia LBR native 3397
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 3397
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
North America Mexico MEX native 3812
Europe Monaco MCO native 3397
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 3397
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Europe Netherlands NLD native 1756
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3397
Europe Norway NOR native 3397
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 3397
Africa Senegal SEN native 4510
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3397
Europe Slovenia SVN native 3397
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4313
Europe Spain ESP native 3397
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Togo TGO native 3397
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 3397
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 31150
South America Uruguay URY native 54736
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3397

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America French Guiana GUF questionable 5217
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 4510

Table 4: Reported from 70 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 3397
Africa Benin BEN native 3397
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 3397
South America Brazil BRA native 5217
Africa Cameroon CMR native 3397
North America Canada CAN native 5951
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 3397
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 27000
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Congo COG native 3397
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3397
Europe Croatia HRV native 3397
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 3397
Europe France FRA native 3397
South America French Guiana GUF questionable 5217
Africa Gabon GAB native 3397
Africa Gambia GMB native 3397
Africa Ghana GHA native 3397
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3397
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
North America Greenland GRL native 83729
Africa Guinea GIN native 3397
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 3397
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
Europe Iceland ISL native 12462
Europe Ireland IRL native 3397
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 3397
Asia Lebanon LBN native 3397
Africa Liberia LBR native 3397
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 3397
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
North America Mexico MEX native 3812
Europe Monaco MCO native 3397
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 3397
Africa Mozambique MOZ questionable 4510
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Europe Netherlands NLD native 1756
Africa Nigeria NGA native 3397
Europe Norway NOR native 3397
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 3397
Africa Senegal SEN native 4510
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3397
Europe Slovenia SVN native 3397
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4313
Europe Spain ESP native 3397
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Europe Sweden SWE native 30402
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Togo TGO native 3397
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 3397
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 31150
South America Uruguay URY native 54736
North America USA USA native 7251
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3397
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