Siganus rivulatus

Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775

Chordata » Perciformes » Siganidae » Siganus rivulatus

Common name (English)

Marbled spinefoot

Common name (Greek)

Άσπρη κουρκούνα

Common name (Turkish)

Beyaz sokar

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Western Indian Ocean: several localities in East Africa, and from the Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. 173970 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year

1928

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4545

Pathway

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: Israel

References

Norman JR (1929) Notes on the fishes of the Suez Canal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 2: 616.

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

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