| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | Egypt |
| FAO area | |
| From | Red Sea |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 1976 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1975-present |
| Established in the Wild | yes |
| Established in Aquaculture | |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | unknown - undecided |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | unknown |
| Reason | unknown |
| Other Reason | |
| Comments | common, 1976 from Bardawil lagoon, Egypt (Mienis, 1976e); successive records from Lebanon (Bogi and Khairallah, 1987); southern Turkey (Tringali and Villa, 1990); Aegean coast of Turkey (Buzzurro and Greppi, 1996); Cyprus (Cecalupo and Quadri, 1996). |