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Etrumeus golanii

DiBattista, Randall & Bowen, 2012
Chordata » Clupeiformes » Dussumieriidae » Etrumeus golanii
Common name (English)
Golani round herring, Golani's Red-eye Round Herring
Common name (Greek)
Στρογγυλόρεγγα
Common name (Turkish)
Akdeniz hamsisi
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Western Indian Ocean: from northern Red Sea, to the Mediterranean (immigrant). 39030 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1999
Online resource
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=66829
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Other notes

1st Med record: 1961

1st Med country: Israel

References

Golani D (2000) The Lessepsian migrant, the Red-eye round herring Etrumeus teres (DeKay, 1842), a new record from Cyprus. Zoology in the Middle East 20(1): 61-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2000.10637813

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

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

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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Akrotiri Environment

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