Hemiramphus far
Common name (English)
Black-barred halfbeak
Common name (Greek)
Ημίραμφος
Common name (Turkish)
Yarımgaga balığı
Ηabitat
Global distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Migrated to the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. 113774 0
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
First detection year
1964
Online resource
Pathway detail
Suez Canal
Other notes
1st Med record: 1924
1st Med country: State of Palestine, Israel
References
Demetropoulos A, Neocleous D (1969) The fishes and crustaceans of Cyprus. Fisheries Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fisheries Department 1: 1-21.
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