Acanthopagrus bifasciatus

(Forsskål, 1775)

Sparidae

Order:

Perciformes

Aphia ID:

218589
FIRST MEDITERRANEAN RECORD

Reference

Ben Soussi J., Rifi M., Ghanem R., Boughedir W., Capapé C. & Azzurro E., 2014, First record of the twobar sea bream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Marine Science, 15, 437-439

Year of first record

2010

Location of first record

Zembra Island, Special Protected Area

Country of first record

Tunisia

PATH

Most probable path

Suez Canal

DISTRIBUTION

Native sea area

Indo-Pacific

Abundance in the colonized areas

Not established in the Mediterranean

Depth range (m)

2-20

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