Pterois miles

(Bennett, 1828)

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Common name (English)

Common lionfish, Devil firefish

Common name (Greek)

Λεοντόψαρο

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050) and Red Sea south to Port Alfred, South Africa and east to Sumatra, Indonesia (Ref. 33390). Atlantic Ocean. Also known in eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 37421). 91044 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year

2013

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=7797

Pathway

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

Other notes

1st Med record: 1991

1st Med country: Israel

References

Evripidou S (2013) Toxic Lionfish makes its way to Cyprus waters. http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/toxic-Lionfishmakes-its-way-cyprus-waters/20130220

Bariche M, Torres M, Azzurro M (2013) The presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 14(2): 292-294. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.428

Iglesias S, Frotte L (2015) Alien marine fishes in Cyprus: update and new records. Aquatic Invasions 10(4): 425-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2015.10.4.06

Oray IK, Sınay E, Karakulak FS, Yıldız T (2015) An expected marine alien fish caught at the coast of Northern Cyprus: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31(4): 733-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.12857