Table 1. Countries that exported live aquarium fishes to the US.
Data include the number of identifiable species, number of species exported in quantities greater than 1,000 individuals (>1,000 (No.)), number of individuals exported across species, and the proportion of individuals identifiable to species-level (Known (%)) by country and year.
| Export Country | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2008–2011 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Individuals | Species | Individuals | Species | Individuals | Species | Individuals | |||||||||
| Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | |
| Australia | 115 | 3 | 12,877 | 100.0 | 162 | 2 | 8,773 | 100.0 | 199 | 1 | 9,573 | 99.6 | 298 | 6 | 31,224 | 99.9 |
| Belize | 49 | 4 | 9,472 | 99.9 | 45 | 3 | 8,846 | 99.4 | 39 | 4 | 14,976 | 99.6 | 63 | 6 | 33,351 | 99.6 |
| Brazil | 71 | 3 | 8,742 | 99.4 | 61 | 0 | 3,349 | 98.5 | 45 | 0 | 2,005 | 99.5 | 87 | 2 | 14,147 | 99.2 |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | 52 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 42.3 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 81.5 |
| Cook Islands | 23 | 2 | 4,763 | 100.0 | 27 | 2 | 3,317 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 2 | 8,080 | 100 |
| Costa Rica | 22 | 2 | 7,903 | 100.0 | 46 | 0 | 3,538 | 100.0 | 28 | 2 | 6,139 | 88.1 | 53 | 4 | 17,580 | 95.8 |
| Curaçao | 15 | 0 | 529 | 100.0 | 26 | 0 | 1,383 | 100.0 | 34 | 1 | 3,367 | 99.7 | 47 | 1 | 5,279 | 99.8 |
| Dominican Republic | 26 | 3 | 22,121 | 86.3 | 19 | 4 | 28,944 | 77.2 | 48 | 8 | 34,272 | 96.7 | 52 | 8 | 93,872 | 86.5 |
| Egypt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | 953 | 92.1 | 20 | 0 | 953 | 92.1 |
| Eritrea | 52 | 2 | 9,506 | 99.6 | 44 | 0 | 3,986 | 99.3 | – | – | – | – | 62 | 2 | 13,519 | 99.5 |
| Fed. States of Micronesia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 131 | 0 | 5,550 | 97.4 | 131 | 0 | 5,550 | 97.4 |
| Fiji | 187 | 28 | 115,520 | 98.9 | 228 | 19 | 88,289 | 97.8 | 311 | 25 | 156,680 | 97.6 | 363 | 44 | 362,444 | 98.1 |
| French Polynesia (Tahiti) | 106 | 6 | 42,846 | 99.9 | 101 | 3 | 30,187 | 99.5 | 73 | 3 | 29,011 | 99 | 144 | 7 | 102,182 | 99.5 |
| Ghana | 19 | 0 | 509 | 99.8 | 19 | 0 | 686 | 96.1 | 22 | 0 | 708 | 95.5 | 33 | 0 | 1,931 | 96.8 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 1,055 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 343 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 1,398 | 100.0 |
| Haiti | 99 | 23 | 240,552 | 97.7 | 114 | 23 | 215,909 | 97.6 | 89 | 19 | 126,799 | 99 | 133 | 30 | 588,516 | 97.9 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 0 | 262 | 99.2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 16,510 | 0.3 | 14 | 0 | 16,777 | 1.9 |
| Indonesia | 973 | 214 | 2,402,733 | 97.2 | 1,009 | 186 | 1,998,195 | 96.9 | 992 | 181 | 1,867,946 | 97.3 | 1,284 | 234 | 6,331,781 | 97.2 |
| Israel | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | 666 | 100.0 | 10 | 2 | 21,985 | 100.0 | 10 | 0 | 22,651 | 100.0 |
| Japan | 44 | 0 | 1,133 | 100.0 | 92 | 0 | 1,137 | 100.0 | 62 | 0 | 569 | 92.4 | 132 | 0 | 2,839 | 98.5 |
| Kenya | 173 | 27 | 144,211 | 97.7 | 210 | 24 | 139,129 | 97.8 | 186 | 21 | 101,910 | 99 | 249 | 39 | 388,376 | 98.1 |
| Kiribati | 67 | 6 | 122,971 | 99.1 | 52 | 7 | 78,812 | 98.2 | 72 | 6 | 105,679 | 97.6 | 103 | 8 | 308,889 | 98.4 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 0 | 622 | 99.8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 13 | 100.0 | 12 | 0 | 635 | 99.8 |
| Mauritius | 63 | 0 | 823 | 93.4 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 0 | 680 | 98.2 | 81 | 0 | 1,503 | 95.6 |
| Mexico | 90 | 1 | 5,174 | 99.4 | 40 | 2 | 12,688 | 96.2 | 62 | 3 | 15,135 | 98.6 | 118 | 5 | 33,504 | 97.8 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 9 | 0 | 319 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | 319 | 100.0 |
| New Caledonia | 2 | 0 | 84 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 100.0 | 17 | 0 | 387 | 99.7 | 17 | 0 | 546 | 99.8 |
| Nicaragua | 72 | 2 | 8,986 | 98.0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 0 | 1,847 | 93.2 | 83 | 1 | 10,833 | 97.2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 132 | 2 | 6,816 | 99.8 | 111 | 2 | 8,313 | 98.6 | – | – | – | – | 176 | 2 | 15,243 | 99.1 |
| Philippines | 980 | 255 | 4,694,961 | 97.5 | 1,053 | 248 | 4,024,693 | 97.3 | 1,016 | 258 | 3,901,058 | 97.3 | 1,320 | 315 | 12,732,212 | 97.4 |
| Rep. of Maldives | 141 | 5 | 24,574 | 96.4 | 109 | 4 | 22,093 | 98.9 | 67 | 11 | 34,360 | 100 | 174 | 19 | 81,275 | 98.6 |
| Rep. of the Marshall Isl | 96 | 6 | 37,972 | 94.0 | 138 | 9 | 115,686 | 75.1 | 139 | 13 | 142,068 | 78.7 | 227 | 19 | 334,174 | 78.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 | 0 | 326 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | 345 | 100.0 |
| Singapore | 36 | 1 | 2,606 | 100.0 | 14 | 1 | 2,520 | 99.8 | 42 | 4 | 13,949 | 99.5 | 71 | 3 | 19,081 | 99.6 |
| Solomon Islands | 134 | 8 | 47,262 | 96.5 | 133 | 6 | 34,773 | 94.9 | 138 | 10 | 41,673 | 92.5 | 180 | 15 | 125,588 | 94.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 419 | 30 | 202,632 | 98.0 | 468 | 34 | 217,116 | 97.1 | 461 | 28 | 212,407 | 96.7 | 633 | 57 | 638,606 | 97.2 |
| Taiwan | 33 | 0 | 1,511 | 98.1 | 29 | 0 | 897 | 85.3 | 26 | 1 | 2,444 | 100.0 | 63 | 0 | 5,007 | 96.3 |
| Thailand | 10 | 3 | 39,887 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | 8,310 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | 48,197 | 100.0 |
| The Bahamas | 85 | 0 | 951 | 100.0 | 45 | 0 | 432 | 99.8 | 8 | 0 | 297 | 100.0 | 98 | 0 | 1,681 | 99.9 |
| Tonga | 207 | 6 | 27,857 | 89.5 | 92 | 2 | 8,047 | 92.3 | 82 | 0 | 2,676 | 91 | 227 | 8 | 39,253 | 90.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | 77 | 85.7 | 7 | 0 | 77 | 85.7 |
| United Kingdom | 32 | 1 | 3,710 | 98.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 0 | 3,710 | 98.6 |
| Vanuatu | 190 | 3 | 19,704 | 97.2 | 123 | 1 | 12,671 | 96.8 | 183 | 0 | 14,405 | 94.1 | 240 | 11 | 47,195 | 96.2 |
| Vietnam | 146 | 1 | 14,593 | 99.8 | 112 | 1 | 6,545 | 99.1 | 102 | 0 | 4,826 | 99.5 | 183 | 6 | 26,022 | 99.6 |
| Yemen | 10 | 3 | 10,340 | 100 | 14 | 3 | 11,871 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 3 | 22,211 | 100.0 |
| Total | 1,788 | 443 | 8,299,467 | 97.4 | 1,780 | 411 | 7,102,246 | 96.7 | 1,798 | 413 | 6,892,960 | 96.7 | 2,278 | 518 | 22,538,637 | 97.0 |