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Siganus rivulatus

Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775
Chordata » Perciformes » Siganidae » Siganus rivulatus
Common name (English)
Marbled spinefoot, Little spinefoot
Common name (Greek)
Άσπρη κουρκούνα
Common name (Turkish)
Beyaz sokar
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Western Indian Ocean: several localities in East Africa, and from the Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. 173970 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Invasive

First detection year
1928
Online resource
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4545
Pathway
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: Israel

References

Norman JR (1929) Notes on the fishes of the Suez Canal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 2: 616.

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

iNaturalist (2025) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323494788

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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