Pterois miles
Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050) and Red Sea south to Port Alfred, South Africa and east to Sumatra, Indonesia (Ref. 33390). Atlantic Ocean. Also known in eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 37421). 91044 0
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Alien: Invasive
1st Med record: 1991
1st Med country: Israel
Evripidou S (2013) Toxic Lionfish makes its way to Cyprus waters. http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/toxic-Lionfishmakes-its-way-cyprus-waters/20130220
Bariche M, Torres M, Azzurro M (2013) The presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 14(2): 292-294. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.428
Iglesias S, Frotte L (2015) Alien marine fishes in Cyprus: update and new records. Aquatic Invasions 10(4): 425-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2015.10.4.06
Oray IK, Sınay E, Karakulak FS, Yıldız T (2015) An expected marine alien fish caught at the coast of Northern Cyprus: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31(4): 733-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.12857
iNaturalist (2025) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323494800 | Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6