Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
freshwater
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Aquaculture:
never/rarely
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Regulations:
no regulations
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
First record and proposed to have been introduced by ballast water of ships or as aquarium fishes. Recorded from Port Said on 23 August 2016 (12.5 cm TL, 8 g total weight) and on 10 November 2016 (3:7.0-13.0 cm TL, average weight 5.07 g) and from off Damietta on 22 February 2017 (6:13.0-14.0 cm TL, ave. wt. 13.1 g) (Ref. 125474).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Akel, E.H.Kh. and S.I.. Rizkalla, 2017
National Database: