Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | commercial | Ref. | Galil, B.S., 2007 |
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutà and J.-P. Quignard, 2002 |
Comments |
Recorded from Eilat in 1956 (Ref. 91762). Since 1990's, caught in large numbers by purse seine along the Israeli coasts (Ref. 43448). A Lessepsian migrant, first recorded from Haifa, Tel Aviv in 1961 (Ref. 72453). |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html |