List of Lessepsian migrants
Lessepsian migrants, named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer in charge of the Suez Canal's construction, are marine species that are native to the waters on one side of the Suez Canal, and which have been introduced by passage through the canal to the waters on its other side, giving rise to new colonies there and often becoming invasive.
Most Lessepsian migrations are of Red Sea species invading the Mediterranean Sea; few occur in the opposite direction.
Red Sea species to Mediterranean Sea
The year given denotes first record in the Mediterranean.
Species | Group | Year | Ref. |
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Alepes djedaba | Actinopterygii: Carangidae | 1927 | [1] |
Alpheus edwardsii | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1924 | [2] |
Alpheus inopinatus | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1958 | [2] |
Alpheus lobidens | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1936 | [2] |
Alpheus migrans | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1978 | [2] |
Alpheus rapacida | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1964 | [3][2] |
Amygdalum glaberrima | Mollusca: Mytilidae | [4] | |
Apogon nigripinnis | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 1947 | [1] |
Apogon queketti | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 2006 | [5] |
Arcuatula arcuatula | Mollusca: Mytilidae | [4] | |
Asterina burtoni | Echinodermata: Asterinidae | 1966 | |
Atergatis roseus | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1964 | [2] |
Atherinomorus lacunosus | Actinopterygii: Atherinidae | 1902 | [6] |
Automate branchialis | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1958 | [2] |
Callionymus filamentosus | Actinopterygii: Callionymidae | 1953 | [1] |
Ceratonereis mirabilis | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Charybdis helleri | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1929 | [2] |
Charybdis longicollis | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1961 | [2] |
Conus arenatus | Mollusca: Conidae | [4] | |
Coralliophila monodonta | Mollusca: Muricidae | [4] | |
Coryogalops ochetica | Actinopterygii: Gobiidae | 1927 | |
Crenidens crenidens | Actinopterygii: Sparidae | 1970 | |
Cymothoa indica | Crustacea: Cymothoidae | 2009 | [7] |
Cynoglossus sinusarabici | Actinopterygii: Cynoglossidae | 1953 | |
Cucurbitula cymbium | Mollusca: Gastrochaenidae | [4] | |
Diodora ruppellii | Mollusca: Fissurellidae | [4] | |
Dussumieria acuta | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1953 | [1] |
Epinephelus coioides | Actinopterygii: Serranidae | 1969 | [8] |
Epinephelus malabaricus | Actinopterygii: Serranidae | 1969 | |
Etrumeus teres | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1963 | |
Eucrate crenata | Crustacea: Goneplacidae | 1997 | [9][2] |
Fenneropenaeus indica | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1981 | [2] |
Ferosagitta galerita | Chaetognatha: Sagittidae | 2003 | [10] |
Fistularia commersonii | Actinopterygii: Fistulariidae | 2001 | [11] |
Fulvia fragilis | Mollusca: Cardiidae | 2005 | [12] |
Gafrarium pectinatum | Mollusca: Veneridae | [4] | |
Hemiramphus far | Actinopterygii: Hemiramphidae | 1927 | |
Herklotsichthys punctatus | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1976 | |
Himantura uarnak | Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae | 1955 | [13] |
Hippocampus fuscus | Actinopterygii: Syngnathidae | 2002 | [14] |
Hyastenus hilgendorfi | Crustacea: Majidae | 1964 | [2] |
Hyporhamphus affinis | Actinopterygii: Hemiramphidae | 1967 | |
Hypselodoris infucata | Mollusca: Chromodorididae | 1973 | |
Ixa monodi | Crustacea: Leucosiidae | 1958 | [2] |
Lagocephalus sceleratus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 2005 | [15] |
Lagocephalus spadiceus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 1953 | [1] |
Lagocephalus suezensis | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 1977 | |
Laternula anatina | Mollusca: Laternulidae | [4] | |
Leiognathus klunzingeri | Actinopterygii: Leiognathidae | 1931 | [1] |
Leonnates decipiens | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Leonnates indicus | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Leonnates persicus | Annelida: Nereididae | 2002 | [16] |
Leptochela aculeocaudata | Crustacea: Pasiphaeidae | 1936 | [2] |
Leptochela pugnax | Crustacea: Pasiphaeidae | 1958 | [2] |
Leucosia sigmata | Crustacea: Leucosiidae | 1990 | [2] |
Liza carinata | Actinopterygii: Mugilidae | 1971 | [1] |
Lophioturris indica | Mollusca: Turridae | [4] | |
Lucifer hanseni | Crustacea: Sergestidae | 1927 | [2] |
Lutjanus argentimaculatus | Actinopterygii: Lutjanidae | 1977 | |
Mactra olorina | Mollusca: Mactridae | [4] | |
Marsupenaeus japonicus | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1926 | [17][2] |
Matuta banksi | Crustacea: Calappidae | 1990 | [2] |
Metapenaeus monoceros | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1927 | [2] |
Metapenaeus stebbingi | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1927 | [2] |
Metapenaeopsis aegypti | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1990 | [18] |
Metapenaeopsis mogiensis | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1997 | [9] |
Modiolus auriculatus | Mollusca: Mytilidae | [4] | |
Muraenesox cinereus | Actinopterygii: Muraenesocidae | 1982 | |
Myrax fugax | Crustacea: Leucosiidae | 1930 | [2] |
Neanthes willeyi | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Nemipterus japonicus | Actinopterygii: Nemipteridae | 2006 | [19] |
Nemipterus randalli | Actinopterygii: Nemipteridae | 2006 | [20] |
Nereis gilchristi | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Nereis zonata persica | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Notopus dorsipes | Crustacea: Raninidae | 1964 | [2] |
Ogyrides mjoebergi | Crustacea: Ogyrididae | 1958 | [2] |
Oxyurichthys papuensis | Actinopterygii: Gobiidae | 1983 | |
Palaemonella rotumana | Crustacea: Palaemonidae | 1958 | [2] |
Pampus argenteus | Actinopterygii: Stromateidae | 1896 | [21] |
Panulirus ornatus | Crustacea: Palinuridae | 1989 | [2] |
Papilloculiceps longiceps | Actinopterygii: Platycephalidae | 1990 | |
Paraexocoetus mento | Actinopterygii: Exocoetidae | 1935 | |
Pelates quadrilineatus | Actinopterygii: Terapontidae | 1970 | [1] |
Pempheris vanicolensis | Actinopterygii: Pempheridae | 1979 | [1] |
Penaeus semisulcatus | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1928 | [2] |
Periclimenes calami | Crustacea: Palaemonidae | 1927 | [2] |
Perinereis nuntia | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Petroscirtes ancylodon | Actinopterygii: Blenniidae | 1989 | |
Pilumnopeus vauquelini | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1927 | [2] |
Pilumnus hirsutus | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1936 | [2] |
Plagusia tuberculata | Crustacea: Grapsidae | 1967 | [2] |
Platycephalus indicus | Actinopterygii: Platycephalidae | 1953 | |
Platymaia wyvillethompsoni | Crustacea: Majidae | 1967 | [2] |
Plotosus lineatus | Actinopterygii: Plotosidae | 2001 | [22] |
Pomadasys stridens | Actinopterygii: Haemulidae | 1969 | |
Portunus pelagicus | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1924 | [2] |
Potamides conicus | Mollusca: Potamididae | [4] | |
Processa aequimana | Crustacea: Processidae | 1946 | [2] |
Pseudonereis anomala | Annelida: Nereididae | ||
Pteragogus pelycus | Actinopterygii: Labridae | 1992 | |
Pterois miles | Actinopterygii: Scorpaenidae | 1992 | |
Rachycentron canadum | Actinopterygii: Rachycentridae | 1986 | |
Rastrelliger kanagurta | Actinopterygii: Scombridae | 1971 | |
Rhabdosargus haffara | Actinopterygii: Sparidae | 1992 | |
Rhopilema nomadica | Cnidaria: Rhizostomatidae | 1970s | [23] |
Rhynchoconger trewavasae | Actinopterygii: Congridae | 1993 | |
Sargocentron rubrum | Actinopterygii: Holocentridae | 1947 | [1] |
Saurida undosquamis | Actinopterygii: Synodontidae | 1953 | [24] |
Scarus ghobban | Actinopterygii: Scaridae | 1999 | [25] |
Scomberomorus commerson | Actinopterygii: Scombridae | 1935 | |
Sepioteuthis lessoniana | Mollusca: Loliginidae | 2002 | [26] |
Siganus luridus | Actinopterygii: Siganidae | 1964 | |
Siganus rivulatus | Actinopterygii: Siganidae | 1927 | |
Silhouettea aegyptia | Actinopterygii: Gobiidae | 1991 | |
Sillago sihama | Actinopterygii: Sillaginidae | 1977 | [1] |
Sorsogona prionota | Actinopterygii: Platycephalidae | 1947 | |
Sphaerozius nitidus | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1972 | [2] |
Sphyraena chrysotaenia | Actinopterygii: Sphyraenidae | 1930 | [1] |
Sphyraena flavicauda | Actinopterygii: Sphyraenidae | 1992 | |
Spratelloides delicatulus | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1978 | |
Stephanolepis diaspros | Actinopterygii: Monacanthidae | 1927 | [1] |
Synalpheus hululensis | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1964 | [2] |
Terapon puta | Actinopterygii: Terapontidae | 1976 | |
Tetrosomus gibbosus | Actinopterygii: Ostraciidae | 1988 | |
Thalamita poissonii | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1958 | [2] |
Trachysalambria curvirostris | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1927 | [2] |
Trochus erithreus | Mollusca: Trochidae | [4] | |
Tylerius spinosissimus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 2005 | [27] |
Tylosurus choram | Actinopterygii: Belonidae | 1963 | |
Upeneus moluccensis | Actinopterygii: Mullidae | 1947 | [1] |
Upeneus pori | Actinopterygii: Mullidae | 1950 | [1] |
Vanitrochus holdsworthiana | Mollusca: Trochidae | [4] | |
Zafra savignyi | Mollusca: Columbellidae | [4] |
Mediterranean species to Red Sea
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Ertan Taskavak & Murat Bilecenoglu (2001). "Length–weight relationships for 18 Lessepsian (Red Sea) immigrant fish species from the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81 (5): 895–896. doi:10.1017/S0025315401004805.
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- ↑ Jakov Dulčić, Ivan Jardas, Armin Pallaoro & Lovrenc Lipej (2004). "On the validity of the record of silver pomfret Pampus argenteus (Stromateidae) from the Adriatic Sea" (PDF). Cybium 28 (1): 69–71.
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- ↑ E. Lefkaditou, M. Corsini-Foka, & G. Kondilatos (2009). "Description of the first Lessepsian squid migrant, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)". Mediterranean Marine Science (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)) 10/2: 87–97. ISSN 1791-6763.
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General references
- Dulcic, J. and A. Pallaoro (2003). Lessepsian Fish Migrants Reported in the East Adriatic Sea: An Annotated List, Ser. hist. nat..
- Golani, D. (1998). Impact of Red Sea Fish Migrants through the Suez Canal on the Aquatic Environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, Yale FE&S Bulletin 103.
- Tortonese, E. (1966). Echinoderms from the coast of Lebanon. Misc Pap Nat Sci Am Univ Beirut 5:2–5.
External links
- "Check-list of exotic species". CIESM Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea.
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