Parupeneus forsskali
Indian Ocean: Red Sea into the Gulf of Aden and recorded from Socotra (Ref. 54393). Suez canal migrant and now established in the eastern Mediterranean. 175466 0
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Alien: Invasive
1st Med record: 1979
1st Med country: Malta
Chartosia N, Michailidis N (2016) First confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) from Cyprus. Marine Biodiversity Records 9: 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0032-7
Saemundsson S, Tsikliras AC, Chartosia N (2023) Reproduction and growth of the Red Sea goatfich Parupeneus forsskali in its new environment (Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean Sea). Scientia Marina 87(2): 64.
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/323494872
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