Parexocoetus mento

(Valenciennes, 1847)

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Common name (English)

African sailfin flyingfish

Ηabitat

Global distribution

Indo-Pacific: widespread from East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Gulf, to southern Japan, Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and Queensland, Australia. Migrated to eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal (Ref. 6523). Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573). Records from the Atlantic (as Parexocoetus mento atlanticus) are in error. 115163 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

2002

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4904

Pathway

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

Other notes

1st Med record: 1935

1st Med country: Israel, State of Palestine

References

Golani D, Orsi-Relini L, Massuti E, Quingnard JP (2002) CIESM Atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 1 Fishes. Monaco, CIESM Publishers, 256 pp.

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