Sargocentron rubrum

(Forsskål, 1775)

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Common name (English)

Redcoat; Red soldierfish

Common name (Greek)

Ρώσσος

Common name (Turkish)

Hindistan balığı

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to the western Pacific where it ranges from southern Japan to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and New South Wales, Australia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). Not yet recorded from any oceanic island in the western Indian Ocean. Invaded eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. 174676 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1961

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6625

Pathway

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

Other notes

1st Med record: 1945

1st Med country: Israel

References

Foderà V (1961) Report to the government of Cyprus on fishery development possibilities. Expanded Program of Technical Assistance, FAO, Report No 1436.

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

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