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Yellowstripe barracuda
Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884
Also calledBecune obtuse (fra) · Bicuda-amarela (por) · Lizz ta' lvant (mlt) · Picuda obtusa (spa) · turna baligi iskamroz (tur) · Κουτσομουρόλουτσος (ell) · אספירנה מליטה (heb)
First described in: Klunzinger, C. B. (1884). Die Fische des Rothen Meeres. Eine kritische Revision mit Bestimmungstabellen. I. Teil. <em>Acanthopteri veri Owen. Stuttgart.</em> i-ix + 1-133 + [13], Pls. 1-13.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, South Africa and Madagascar east to western India; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant, if valid). Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
Introduced species vector dispersal
Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Introduced species vector dispersal
in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Natural dispersal Lessepsian immigrant via Suez Canal
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Introduced species vector dispersal
in Greek part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Sphyraena chrysotaenia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2394252.