Occurrence | introduced | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | never/rarely | Ref. | |
Regulations | no regulations | Ref. | |
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | Yes | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
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). |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html |