DISTRIBUTION
Worldwide : several separate populations in Red Sea and eastern Africa, Japan, Southern Australia, eastern Pacific and western Atlantic. Mediterranean : recorded first in Israel (Whitehead, 1963). Successive records in Egypt (El Sayed, 1994), Iskenderun, Turkey (Basusta, et al., 1997) and Cyprus (Golani, 2000). For reason to consider it as Lessepsian see Golani (2000). Recorded in Rhodes and in Lampedusa.
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ESTABLISHMENT SUCCESS
Very common along the Israeli and Cypriot coasts.
speculated reasons for success :
unknown.
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MODE OF
INTRODUCTION
Via the Suez Canal.
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IMPORTANCE TO
HUMANS
Since the 1990's, caught in large numbers by purse seine along the Israeli coast. (Very important in the Gulf of Suez fishery).
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