Torquigener flavimaculosus

Hardy & Randall, 1983

Chordata » Tetraodontiformes » Tetraodontidae » Torquigener flavimaculosus

Common name (English)

Yellowspotted puffer

Common name (Turkish)

Cüce balon balığı

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Western Indian Ocean: northern Red Sea and Kenya; a recent emigrant to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. Also reported from the Persian Gulf and Seychelles. 109470 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year

2009

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=26639

Pathway

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

Other notes

1st Med record: 1987

1st Med country: Israel

References

Michailidis N (2010) Study on the lessepsian migrant Lagocephalus sceleratus in Cyprus. In: FAO EastMed (ed), Report of the Sub-Regional Technical meeting on the Lessepsian migration and its impact on Eastern Mediterranean fishery. Nicosia, Cyprus, December 5-7, 2010. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United nations (FAO). FAO EastMed Technical Documents 04, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp 74–87.

Iglesias S, Frotte L (2015) Alien marine fishes in Cyprus: update and new records. Aquatic Invasions 10(4): 425-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2015.10.4.06

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