Pseudojuloides cerasinus was reported from 27 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 2 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 25 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific: known only from Hawaii. Once considered a pan-Indo-Pacific species, but now confined to the Hawaiian Islands and forms a species complex with the following in the Pacific: Pseudojuloides splendens (Japan to Australia and most South Pacific area); P. polynesica (Fr. Polynesia and Line islands; P. pyrius (endemic to the Marquesas Islands); in the Indian Ocean P. xanthomos (Mauritius); P. polackorum (South Africa to Madagascar); and P. kaleidos (Eastern Indian Ocean).
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Table 1: Present in 2 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 2140
Oceania Johnston I. JTN native 28618

Table 3: Absent from 25 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS misidentification 116679
Oceania Cook Is. COK misidentification 116679
Oceania Fiji FJI misidentification 116679
Oceania French Polynesia PYF misidentification 116679
Oceania Guam GUM misidentification 116679
Asia Indonesia IDN misidentification 116679
Asia Japan JPN misidentification 116679
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI misidentification 116679
Africa Madagascar MDG misidentification 116679
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL misidentification 116679
Africa Mauritius MUS misidentification 116679
Oceania Micronesia FSM misidentification 116679
Africa Mozambique MOZ misidentification 116679
Oceania New Caledonia NCL misidentification 116679
Oceania North. Marianas MNP misidentification 116679
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW misidentification 116679
Oceania Palau PLW misidentification 116679
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG misidentification 116679
Asia Philippines PHL misidentification 116679
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU misidentification 116679
Oceania Samoa WSM misidentification 116679
Africa South Africa ZAF misidentification 116679
Oceania Tahiti TIT misidentification 116679
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN misidentification 116679
Oceania Tonga TON misidentification 116679

Table 4: Reported from 27 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Australia AUS misidentification 116679
Oceania Cook Is. COK misidentification 116679
Oceania Fiji FJI misidentification 116679
Oceania French Polynesia PYF misidentification 116679
Oceania Guam GUM misidentification 116679
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 2140
Asia Indonesia IDN misidentification 116679
Asia Japan JPN misidentification 116679
Oceania Johnston I. JTN native 28618
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI misidentification 116679
Africa Madagascar MDG misidentification 116679
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL misidentification 116679
Africa Mauritius MUS misidentification 116679
Oceania Micronesia FSM misidentification 116679
Africa Mozambique MOZ misidentification 116679
Oceania New Caledonia NCL misidentification 116679
Oceania North. Marianas MNP misidentification 116679
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW misidentification 116679
Oceania Palau PLW misidentification 116679
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG misidentification 116679
Asia Philippines PHL misidentification 116679
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU misidentification 116679
Oceania Samoa WSM misidentification 116679
Africa South Africa ZAF misidentification 116679
Oceania Tahiti TIT misidentification 116679
Asia Taiwan/Ch Taipei TWN misidentification 116679
Oceania Tonga TON misidentification 116679
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