Alepes djedaba

(Forsskål, 1775)

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Common name (English)

Shrimp scad

Ηabitat

Global distribution

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 12484) to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Japan, south to Australia. Immigrant to the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, wetward to Malta (Ref. 33971). 115085 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=1889

Pathway

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

Pathway detail

Suez Canal; transported in ballast water in microscopic stage of life history; attachment to ship hulls

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: Israel

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