Upeneus moluccensis
Common name (English)
Golden banded goatfish
Common name (Greek)
Τουρκομπάρμπουνο, Λοχίας
Common name (Turkish)
Paşa barbunu
Ηabitat
Global distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to New Caledonia; north to Japan. Invaded the eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. 174729 0
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
First detection year
1961
Online resource
Other notes
1st Med record: 1931
1st Med country: Syria
References
Demetropoulos A, Neocleous D (1969) The fishes and crustaceans of Cyprus. Fish. Bull. Min. Agric. Nat. Res. Cyprus 1: 3-21.
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