Native to:
Aldabra,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Borneo,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Burkina,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Central American Pac,
China Southeast,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Honduras,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Jawa,
Kazan-retto,
Kenya,
Kermadec Is.,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Leeward Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Mali,
Maluku,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritius,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel I,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
Nicaragua,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Norfolk Is.,
Northern Territory,
Panamá,
Peru,
Philippines,
Pitcairn Is.,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Santa Cruz Is.,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
South China Sea,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Suriname,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Texas,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tubuai Is.,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Vietnam,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Western Australia,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Chagos Archipelago,
Niue