Spratelloides delicatulus

(Bennett, 1832)

Chordata » Clupeiformes » Clupeidae » Spratelloides delicatulus

Common name (English)

Delicate roundherring, Blue-Backed Sprat

Common name (Greek)

Στρογγυλόρεγγα

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Society Islands (but not the Tuamoto and Marquesas islands), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Single specimen from eastern Mediterranean (Tel-Aviv, Israel). 106891 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

2014

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=1457

Pathway

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

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Other notes

1st Med record: 1973

1st Med country: Israel

References

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

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