Native to:
Alabama,
Aldabra,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Argentina Northeast,
Argentina Northwest,
Argentina South,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Brazil West-Central,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Canary Is.,
Cape Verde,
Cayman Is.,
Chile North,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Cook Is.,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Gulf States,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Honduras,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jawa,
Kenya,
Laccadive Is.,
Leeward Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Line Is.,
Louisiana,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Maluku,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritania,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mississippi,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel Is.,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nansei-shoto,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
Nicaragua,
Niue,
Norfolk Is.,
North Carolina,
Northern Territory,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Philippines,
Phoenix Is.,
Pitcairn Is.,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Samoa,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
South Carolina,
South China Sea,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Suriname,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Texas,
Thailand,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Tunisia,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Uruguay,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Vietnam,
Wake I.,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Western Australia,
Western Sahara,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Pennsylvania