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Country List - Echinorhinus brucus

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Echinorhinus brucus was reported from 51 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 49 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia, Massachusetts, USA; Venezuela, Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: North Sea to Mediterranean, Morocco to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Indian Ocean: India, Mozambique, South Africa. Western Pacific: Japan, southern Australia, New Zealand. Records from Oman and Kiribati uncertain. Apparently absent in the Eastern Pacific (Ref. 6578).
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How to read the map

The literature species report in a country is represented by an icon (a circle) in the middle of the country polygon.
Important: a report in the literature does not necessarily mean that the species is currently present in the country! There are errors in literature, misidentifications, and some species have been locally or globally extirpated or eradicated.

The patterns and colours of the icon give 4 additional indications (see the legend under the map for the signification of the different colours and patterns):
  • Presence status: the colour of the ring (green: Present; orange: Possible; red: Absent)
  • Introduction status: a white 'i' in the middle of the circle indicates that the species has been introduced, if the presence ring is green it means that the species established itself or that we don't know the current presence status, if the presence ring is red it means that the species did not established itself.
  • Threat status: the pattern of the ring (not dashed: not threatened or no information; dashed: any status indicating that the species has a national threatened).
    Important: This is the national threatened status, not the global IUCN one.
  • Salinity status = milieu: the colours in the middle circle (blue: Marine; green: Brackish; light blue: freshwater; dark green: Land).

How to interpret the map
  • The icon in a country polygon indicates that the species has been reported at least once in the country, BUT NOT NECESSARILY that it is present IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
  • It is particularly the case for large country such as Brazil, USA, Canada, Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Australia, etc.
  • For example, a number of freshwater species present in western European countries are also present in the western part of Russia, but not beyond the Ural mountains. Still the icon for Russia is placed in its Asian part.
  • The icon is placed approximately in the middle of the country, even for the species that are marine only.
  • For marine species, it does not mean either that the species is present in all oceanic coasts of the countries (e.g., Altlantic and Pacific for USA and Canada).
  • So the map needs to be interpreted carefully, but we think it helps to give a quick view of the distribution by country, in a better way than the textual list of countries when it is over a dozen countries.
Table 1: Present in 49 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 247
Africa Algeria DZA native 247
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 118627
South America Argentina ARG native 247
Oceania Australia AUS native 6871
Europe Belgium BEL native 247
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 247
South America Brazil BRA native 53443
Europe Croatia HRV native 247
Europe Denmark DNK native 247
Africa Egypt EGY native 247
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Europe France FRA native 116450
Europe Germany DEU native 247
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 247
Europe Greece GRC native 247
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia India IND native 45255
Europe Ireland IRL native 247
Europe Italy ITA native 247
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 247
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 13564
Africa Libya LBY native 247
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 247
Europe Monaco MCO native 247
Europe Montenegro MNE native 247
Africa Morocco MAR native 247
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 247
Africa Namibia NAM native 5578
Europe Netherlands NLD native 247
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 26346
Asia Oman OMN native 87400
Europe Portugal PRT native 247
Africa Senegal SEN native 247
Europe Slovenia SVN native 247
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
Europe Spain ESP native 247
Africa Tunisia TUN native 247
Asia Türkiye TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 247
Europe UK No Ireld GBN native 247
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 247
South America Uruguay URY native 58839
North America USA USA native 276
South America Venezuela VEN native 97224
Africa West Sahara ESH native 247
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Canary Is. CNY questionable 6808
Europe Norway NOR questionable 247

Table 4: Reported from 51 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 247
Africa Algeria DZA native 247
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 118627
South America Argentina ARG native 247
Oceania Australia AUS native 6871
Europe Belgium BEL native 247
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 247
South America Brazil BRA native 53443
Africa Canary Is. CNY questionable 6808
Europe Croatia HRV native 247
Europe Denmark DNK native 247
Africa Egypt EGY native 247
Oceania Fiji FJI native 85272
Europe France FRA native 116450
Europe Germany DEU native 247
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 247
Europe Greece GRC native 247
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia India IND native 45255
Europe Ireland IRL native 247
Europe Italy ITA native 247
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 247
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 13564
Africa Libya LBY native 247
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 247
Europe Monaco MCO native 247
Europe Montenegro MNE native 247
Africa Morocco MAR native 247
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 247
Africa Namibia NAM native 5578
Europe Netherlands NLD native 247
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 26346
Europe Norway NOR questionable 247
Asia Oman OMN native 87400
Europe Portugal PRT native 247
Africa Senegal SEN native 247
Europe Slovenia SVN native 247
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
Europe Spain ESP native 247
Africa Tunisia TUN native 247
Asia Türkiye TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 247
Europe UK No Ireld GBN native 247
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 247
South America Uruguay URY native 58839
North America USA USA native 276
South America Venezuela VEN native 97224
Africa West Sahara ESH native 247
Asia Yemen YEM native 28016

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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