Acanthostracion polygonium

(Poey, 1876)

Ostraciidae

Order:

Tetraodontiformes

Aphia ID:

1577312
FIRST MEDITERRANEAN RECORD

Reference

Ragkousis M., Abdelali N., Azzurro E., Badreddine A., Bariche M., Bitar G. et al., 2020, New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (October 2020), Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(3), 631-652

Year of first record

2020

Location of first record

Saida

Country of first record

Lebanon

PATH

Most probable path

Aquarium release

DISTRIBUTION

Native sea area

Tropical Atlantic

Abundance in the colonized areas

Not established in the Mediterranean

Depth range (m)

3-80

RECORDS LOCATION
FIRST RECORDS: Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Marmara Sea Atlantic Sea