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Callionymus filamentosus

Valenciennes, 1837
Chordata » Perciformes » Callionymidae » Callionymus filamentosus
Common name (English)
Blotchfin dragonet
Common name (Greek)
Καλλιώνυμος φυλλοειδής
Common name (Turkish)
Üzgün balığı
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and eastward to Taiwan. Migrated to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal (Ref. 5385). 156292 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Casual

First detection year
2016
Online resource
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=225
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

References

Michailidis N, Thasitis I (2018) First record of Callionymus filamentosus from Cyprus. In: Yokes et al. 2018. New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November 2018). Mediterranean Marine Science 19(3): 673-689. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.19386

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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