| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | Israel |
| FAO area | |
| From | Indian Ocean, Western |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 1996 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1975-present |
| Established in the Wild | yes |
| Established in Aquaculture | |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | unknown |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | unknown |
| Reason | unknown |
| Other Reason | |
| Comments | Worldwide : Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea to Indonesia. Mediterranean : recorded first in Israel (Galil, 1997 [1996]). Subsequently recorded from Greece, Rhodes Isl. (Kevrekidis et al., 1998). |