Native to:
Alabama,
Aldabra,
Argentina Northeast,
Argentina Northwest,
Assam,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bolivia,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Chad,
Chagos Archipelago,
Chile Central,
Chile North,
Chile South,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Comoros,
Congo,
Cook Is.,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Equatorial Guinea,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guatemala,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Honduras,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Jawa,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Leeward Is.,
Liberia,
Louisiana,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Maluku,
Marianas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritius,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Southeast,
Mississippi,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel Is.,
Myanmar,
Nauru,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
Nicaragua,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Niue,
North Carolina,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Philippines,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
South Carolina,
South China Sea,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Suriname,
Tanzania,
Tennessee,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tubuai Is.,
Tuvalu,
Uruguay,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam,
Virginia,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Algeria,
Ascension,
Austria,
Azores,
Baleares,
Burkina,
California,
Canary Is.,
Cape Verde,
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
Ethiopia,
France,
Galápagos,
Greece,
Guinea,
Gulf States,
Italy,
Japan,
Kazan-retto,
Kermadec Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Line Is.,
Madeira,
Marquesas,
Mauritania,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Missouri,
Morocco,
Namibia,
New Mexico,
New South Wales,
New Zealand North,
New Zealand South,
Niger,
Norfolk Is.,
Northern Territory,
Oklahoma,
Portugal,
Sardegna,
Saudi Arabia,
Sicilia,
South Australia,
Spain,
St.Helena,
Swaziland,
Tasmania,
Texas,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tunisia,
Uganda,
Victoria,
Western Australia,
Zimbabwe