| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | Israel |
| FAO area | |
| From | Red Sea |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 1988 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1975-present |
| Established in the Wild | yes |
| Established in Aquaculture | |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | unknown - adverse |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | unknown |
| Reason | unknown |
| Other Reason | |
| Comments | Well-established. Off the northern coast of Israel, dense populations of up to 15 specimens per m². Along the Turkish coasts, also stable-reproducing populations. 1988 off Israel (Mienis et al., 1993a); successively from Iskenderun and Turkey. |