Pteragogus trispilus
Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba and Gulf of Suez. Mediterranean Sea: Lessepsian migrant to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, primarily as Pteragogus pelycus. 155027 0
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1st Med record: 1991
1st Med country: Israel
Kaya M, Bilecenoglu M, Golani D (2000) New record of a Lessepsian migrant Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 (Teleostei: Labridae) for northern Cyprus. Zoology in the Middle East 20(1): 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2000.10637814
Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2): 109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113
Yalgın F, Türker A (2023) Determination of fish diversity in the northern coasts of Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean) by visual census method. Marine Science and Technology Bulletin 12(1): 111-122. https://doi.org/10.33714/masteb.1232007
iNaturalist (2025) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320227552
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