Bodianus diana was reported from 39 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 21 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 3 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 15 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: East Africa (questionable in the Gulf of Aden and Somalia), east to the Nicobar Islands and Cocos-Keeling Islands (Ref. 75973). Replaced by Bodianus dictynna in the tropical Western Pacific and the longer snouted Bodianus prognathus in the Line Islands (Ref. 37816).
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Table 1: Present in 21 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Africa Egypt EGY native
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Pakistan PAK native 75973
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native
Africa Seychelles SYC native 5374
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4392
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 10361
Africa Sudan SDN native
Africa Tanzania TZA native 12484
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Yemen YEM native 37631

Table 2: Possible in 3 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Jordan JOR questionable 75973
Asia Oman OMN questionable 11441
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573

Table 3: Absent from 15 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS misidentification 75973
Asia Indonesia IDN misidentification 75973
Asia Japan JPN misidentification 75973
Asia Korea (South) KOR misidentification 75973
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL misidentification 75973
Oceania New Caledonia NCL misidentification 75973
Oceania Palau PLW misidentification 75973
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG misidentification 75973
Asia Philippines PHL misidentification 75973
Oceania Samoa WSM misidentification 75973
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB misidentification 75973
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN misidentification 75973
Oceania Tonga TON misidentification 75973
Asia Viet Nam VNM misidentification 75973
Oceania Wake I. WAK misidentification 75973

Table 4: Reported from 39 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS misidentification 75973
Africa Bassas da India BSI native 124899
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 27307
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 30874
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 9399
Africa Egypt EGY native
Asia Indonesia IDN misidentification 75973
Asia Japan JPN misidentification 75973
Asia Jordan JOR questionable 75973
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Asia Korea (South) KOR misidentification 75973
Asia Maldives MDV native 11303
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL misidentification 75973
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Oceania New Caledonia NCL misidentification 75973
Asia Oman OMN questionable 11441
Asia Pakistan PAK native 75973
Oceania Palau PLW misidentification 75973
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG misidentification 75973
Asia Philippines PHL misidentification 75973
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Oceania Samoa WSM misidentification 75973
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native
Africa Seychelles SYC native 5374
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB misidentification 75973
Africa Somalia SOM questionable 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4392
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 10361
Africa Sudan SDN native
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN misidentification 75973
Africa Tanzania TZA native 12484
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Oceania Tonga TON misidentification 75973
Asia Viet Nam VNM misidentification 75973
Oceania Wake I. WAK misidentification 75973
Asia Yemen YEM native 37631
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