Occurrence | introduced | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutà and J.-P. Quignard, 2002 |
Comments |
Entered the Mediterranean via the Suez canal (Ref. 43448), first observed in fishing port of Limassol, Cyprus on 22 July 1999 (Ref. 74428). Also Ref. 91762. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cy.html |