Hippocampus ingens was reported from 14 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 13 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 1 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific: confirmed records from San Diego in California, USA to Peru including the Galapagos Islands. Reported from the San Francisco Bay by Alexander Agassiz (Ron Fritzsche, pers.comm. 08/09).
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Table 1: Present in 13 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America Cocos I. (C.R.) CCC native 30915
South America Colombia COL native 2850
North America Costa Rica CRI native 2850
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 2850
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
North America Guatemala GTM native 2850
North America Honduras HND native 2850
North America Mexico MEX native 2850
North America Nicaragua NIC native 2850
North America Panama PAN native 2850
South America Peru PER native 2850
North America USA USA native 2850

Table 2: Possible in 1 country/island (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America Chile CHL stray 30915

Table 4: Reported from 14 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
South America Chile CHL stray 30915
South America Cocos I. (C.R.) CCC native 30915
South America Colombia COL native 2850
North America Costa Rica CRI native 2850
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
North America El Salvador SLV native 2850
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 5227
North America Guatemala GTM native 2850
North America Honduras HND native 2850
North America Mexico MEX native 2850
North America Nicaragua NIC native 2850
North America Panama PAN native 2850
South America Peru PER native 2850
North America USA USA native 2850
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European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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