List of Lessepsian migrant species explained

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 the first record in the Mediterranean (often distinct from the year of publication).

SpeciesGroupYearRef.
Acanthurus sohal Actinopterygii2022 [1]
Acanthurus xanthopterus Actinopterygii2022
Actaea savignii Crustacea2010 [2]
Alepes djedaba Actinopterygii1927 [3] [4]
Alepes kleinii Actinopterygii1966 [5]
Alpheus edwardsii Crustacea1924 [6]
Alpheus inopinatus Crustacea1936 [7]
Alpheus rapacida Crustacea1964
Apogonichthyoides pharaonis Actinopterygii1947 [8]
Aquilonastra burtoni 1966 [9]
Arcuatula arcuatula Mollusca[10]
Arcuatula perfragilis Mollusca1960 [11]
Arcuatula senhousia Mollusca2004 [12]
Ashtoret lunaris Crustacea1987
Aspidosiphon elegans Phascolosomatidea1957 [13]
Atergatis roseus Crustacea1961
Atherinomorus lacunosus Actinopterygii1902 [14]
Belzebub hanseni Crustacea1924
Brachidontes pharaonis Mollusca1876 [15]
Caesio varilineata Actinopterygii2018 [16]
Callionymus filamentosus Actinopterygii1953 [17]
Caloria indica Mollusca1986 [18] [19]
Carcharhinus melanopterus Chondrichthyes2005 [20]
Carupa tenuipes Crustacea1996 [21]
Champsodon capensis Actinopterygii2012 [22]
Champsodon nudivittis Actinopterygii2008 [23]
Champsodon vorax Actinopterygii2010 [24]
Chaetodon austriacus Actinopterygii2011 [25]
Chaetodon larvatus Actinopterygii2011 [26]
Charybdis hellerii Crustacea1924
Charybdis longicollis Crustacea1959
Cheilodipterus novemstriatus Actinopterygii2010 [27]
Conus arenatus Mollusca
Crenidens crenidens Actinopterygii1970 [28]
Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus Actinopterygii2015 [29]
Cymothoa indica Crustacea2009 [30]
Cucurbitula cymbium Mollusca
Decapterus russelli Actinopterygii2005 [31]
Diodora ruppellii Mollusca
Dussumieria acuta Actinopterygii1953
Epinephelus areolatus Actinopterygii2016 [32]
Epinephelus coioides Actinopterygii1969 [33]
Epinephelus fasciatus Actinopterygii2012
Epinephelus geoffroyi Actinopterygii2015 [34]
Equulites popei Actinopterygii2011 [35] [36]
Equulites klunzingeri Actinopterygii1931 [37]
Eucrate crenata Crustacea1924
Fenneropenaeus indica Crustacea1981
Ferosagitta galerita Chaetognatha2003 [38]
Fistularia commersonii Actinopterygii2000 [39]
Fulvia fragilis Mollusca2005 [40]
Gafrarium pectinatum Mollusca
Goniobranchus annulatus Mollusca2004 [41]
Hemiramphus far Actinopterygii1927 [42]
Heniochus intermedius Actinopterygii2003 [43]
Herklotsichthys punctatus Actinopterygii1943 [44]
Heterosaccus dollfusi Crustacea1992 [45]
Himantura uarnak Chondrichthyes1955 [46]
Hippocampus fuscus Actinopterygii2001 [47]
Hyastenus hilgendorfi Crustacea1960
Hyporhamphus affinis Actinopterygii1964 [48]
Ixa monodi Crustacea1955
Jaydia queketti Actinopterygii2006 [49]
Jaydia smithi Actinopterygii2013
Lagocephalus guentheri Actinopterygii2005
Lagocephalus sceleratus Actinopterygii2016 [50]
Lagocephalus spadiceus Actinopterygii1953
Lagocephalus suezensis Actinopterygii1977 [51]
Leonnates persicus Annelida2001 [52]
Leptochela aculeocaudata Crustacea1933
Leucosia signata Crustacea1953
Lophioturris indica Mollusca
Marsupenaeus japonicus Crustacea1924 [53]
Metapenaeus monoceros Crustacea1924
Metapenaeus stebbingi Crustacea1924
Metapenaeopsis aegypti Crustacea1990 [54]
Metapenaeopsis mogiensis Crustacea1997 [55]
Modiolus auriculatus Mollusca1960
Myrax fugax Crustacea1930
Nemipterus japonicus Actinopterygii2006 [56]
Nemipterus randalli Actinopterygii2006 [57]
Notopus dorsipes Crustacea1962
Ogyrides mjoebergi Crustacea1947
Ostorhinchus fasciatus Actinopterygii2008 [58]
Oxyurichthys petersii Actinopterygii1983 [59]
Palaemonella rotumana Crustacea1948
Pampus argenteus Actinopterygii1896 [60]
Panulirus ornatus Crustacea1988
Papilloculiceps longiceps Actinopterygii1986 [61]
Parexocoetus mento Actinopterygii1935 [62]
Parupeneus forsskali Actinopterygii2000 [63]
Pelates quadrilineatus Actinopterygii1970
Penaeus hathor Crustacea1997
Penaeus semisulcatus Crustacea1928
Periclimenes calmani Crustacea1924
Petroscirtes ancylodon Actinopterygii1989 [64]
Phidiana militaris Mollusca2016
Pilumnopeus vauquelini Crustacea1924
Plagusia tuberculata Crustacea1981
Planiliza carinata Actinopterygii1971
Platax teira Actinopterygii2010
Platycephalus indicus Actinopterygii1953
Plectorhinchus gaterinus Actinopterygii2016 [65]
Plotosus lineatus Actinopterygii2001 [66]
Pomacanthus imperator Actinopterygii2010
Pomacanthus maculosus Actinopterygii2009 [67]
Pomadasys stridens Actinopterygii1969 [68]
Portunus segnis Crustacea1898 [69]
Priacanthus sagittarius Actinopterygii2009 [70]
Processa aequimana Crustacea1946
Pteragogus trispilus Actinopterygii1992 [71]
Pterois miles Actinopterygii1992 [72]
Rachycentron canadum Actinopterygii1986 [73]
Rastrelliger kanagurta Actinopterygii1971
Ratabulus prionotus Actinopterygii1947
Rhabdosargus haffara Actinopterygii1991
Rhabdosargus sarba Actinopterygii1991 [74]
Rhopilema nomadica Cnidaria1970s [75]
Sardinella gibbosa Actinopterygii2008 [76]
Sargocentron rubrum Actinopterygii1947
Saron marmoratus Crustacea2013 [77]
Saurida lessepsianus Actinopterygii1953 [78] [79]
Scarus ghobban Actinopterygii1999 [80]
Scomberomorus commerson Actinopterygii1935 [81]
Sepia dollfusi Mollusca2015 [82]
Sepia pharaonis Mollusca2003 [83] [84]
Sepioteuthis lessoniana Mollusca2002 [85]
Siganus luridus Actinopterygii1964 [86]
Siganus rivulatus Actinopterygii1927 [87]
Sillago suezensis Actinopterygii1977 [88]
Sphaerozius nitidus Crustacea1976
Sphyraena chrysotaenia Actinopterygii1930
Sphyraena flavicauda Actinopterygii1991 [89]
Spratelloides delicatulus Actinopterygii1978 [90]
Stephanolepis diaspros Actinopterygii1927
Synanceia verrucosa Actinopterygii2010 [91]
Synchiropus sechellensis Actinopterygii2014 [92]
Terapon jarbua Actinopterygii2010 [93]
Terapon puta Actinopterygii1976
Tetrosomus gibbosus Actinopterygii1988 [94]
Thalamita poissonii Crustacea1952
Trachurus indicus Actinopterygii2009 [95]
Trachysalambria palaestinensis Crustacea1924
Trochus erithreus Mollusca
Torquigener flavimaculosus Actinopterygii1987 [96]
Trypauchen vagina Actinopterygii2011 [97]
Tylerius spinosissimus Actinopterygii2005 [98]
Tylosurus choram Actinopterygii1963 [99]
Upeneus moluccensis Actinopterygii1947
Upeneus pori Actinopterygii1950
Urocaridella pulchella Crustacea2008
Vanderhorstia mertensi Actinopterygii2008 [100]

Mediterranean species to Red Sea

References

General references

External links

Notes and References

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