Scarus ghobban
Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 80050); Red Sea and Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 5490) to Rapa and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Perth, New South Wales. Likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623). Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador (Ref. 5227). Eastern Mediterranean: off the coast of Shiqmona, first Lessepsian immigrant of Family Scaridae (Ref. 45081). 157318 0
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1st Med record: 1999
1st Med country: Lebanon
Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Loucaides A, Manitaras I (2010) First occurrence of Scarus ghobban (Actinopterygii: Scaridae) in the coastal waters of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Mediterranean Marine Science 11(2): 353-356. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.82
Filiz H, Sevingel N (2014) A new record of the Blue-Barred Parrotfish, Scarus ghobban (Actinopterygii: Scaridae), from the coastal waters of Cyprus. Zoology in the Middle East 60(3): 281-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2014.944436
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