Gerres filamentosus was reported from 47 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 42 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 5 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar to Japan and Australia; New Caledonia (Ref. 26587) and Vanuatu (Ref. 13300). Enters rivers and lakes in Madagascar and the east coast of Africa. Not in the Middle East (Ref. 103159).
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Table 1: Present in 42 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 5978
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 39989
Asia Cambodia KHM native 12693
Asia China CHN native 26563
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 7050
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Africa Madagascar MDG native 26236
Asia Malaysia MYS native 41184
Asia Maldives MDV native 5579
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11889
Asia Pakistan PAK native 2872
Oceania Palau PLW native 13682
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 2847
Asia Philippines PHL native 2858
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 13682
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 30392
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4372
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 45255
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 78572
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 13300
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893

Table 3: Absent from 5 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Iran IRN misidentification 103159
Asia Iraq IRQ misidentification 115291
Asia Kuwait KWT misidentification 103159
Asia Oman OMN misidentification 103159
Asia Yemen YEM misidentification 117436

Table 4: Reported from 47 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Oceania Australia AUS native 5978
Asia Bahrain BHR native 68964
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 39989
Asia Cambodia KHM native 12693
Asia China CHN native 26563
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 31075
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 7050
Asia Iran IRN misidentification 103159
Asia Iraq IRQ misidentification 115291
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Kenya KEN native 12484
Asia Kuwait KWT misidentification 103159
Africa Madagascar MDG native 26236
Asia Malaysia MYS native 41184
Asia Maldives MDV native 5579
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mayotte MYT native 97629
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 3807
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 11889
Asia Oman OMN misidentification 103159
Asia Pakistan PAK native 2872
Oceania Palau PLW native 13682
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 2847
Asia Philippines PHL native 2858
Asia Qatar QAT native 68964
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 13682
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 68964
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1623
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 37631
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 30392
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF native 4372
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 45255
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 78572
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 68964
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 13300
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 46893
Asia Yemen YEM misidentification 117436
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