Native to:
Alabama,
Aldabra,
Angola,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Borneo,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Canary Is.,
Cape Provinces,
Cape Verde,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Central American Pac,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Congo,
Cook Is.,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Djibouti,
Dominican Republic,
Easter Is.,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Gulf States,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Honduras,
India,
Iran,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jawa,
Kazan-retto,
Kenya,
Kermadec Is.,
Kuwait,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Leeward Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Line Is.,
Louisiana,
Madagascar,
Madeira,
Malawi,
Malaya,
Maluku,
Marcus I.,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mississippi,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
New Zealand North,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Norfolk Is.,
Northern Territory,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Palestine,
Panamá,
Peru,
Philippines,
Phoenix Is.,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Sinai,
Society Is.,
Socotra,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
South China Sea,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Suriname,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Texas,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Tuvalu,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Vietnam,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Western Australia,
Windward Is.,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zaïre,
Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Wake I.