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Parupeneus forsskali

(Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)
Chordata » Perciformes » Mullidae » Parupeneus forsskali
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Indian Ocean: Red Sea into the Gulf of Aden and recorded from Socotra (Ref. 54393). Suez canal migrant and now established in the eastern Mediterranean. 175466 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year
2014
Online resource
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=10994
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Other notes

1st Med record: 1979

1st Med country: Malta

References

Chartosia N, Michailidis N (2016) First confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) from Cyprus. Marine Biodiversity Records 9: 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0032-7

Saemundsson S, Tsikliras AC, Chartosia N (2023) Reproduction and growth of the Red Sea goatfich Parupeneus forsskali in its new environment (Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean Sea). Scientia Marina 87(2): 64. 

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

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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