Halichoeres claudia was reported from 12 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 12 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: Pacific Ocean: from the Line Is. and islands of French Polynesia to the western Pacific. where it is reported from the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Indonesia (from underwater photographs in Flores and Gunung Api in the Banda Sea. The species is also found in the eastern Indian Ocean at Christmas I., the Cocos-Keeling Is. (in addition to the paratypes from this locality, 1 nontype specimen is reported from the Western Australian Museum (WAM P.29064-002, 64 mm SL) and 2 from Cartier I. in the Timor Sea (Ref. 82288).
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 88079
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 88079
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 88079
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 88079
Asia Indonesia IDN native 88079
Asia Japan JPN native 82288
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 88079
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 88079
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 90102
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 90102
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 88079

Table 4: Reported from 12 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS native 88079
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 88079
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 88079
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 88079
Asia Indonesia IDN native 88079
Asia Japan JPN native 82288
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 88079
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 88079
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 90102
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 90102
Asia Timor-Leste TLS Native 118793
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 88079
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