Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1937

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Chordata
Subphylum:   Vertebrata
Superclass:   Osteichthyes
Class:   Actinopterygii
Subclass:   Neopterygii
Infraclass:   Teleostei
Superorder:   Acanthopterygii
Order:   Perciformes
Suborder:   Gobioidei
Family:   Eleotridae
Genus:   Leptophilypnus
Species:   fluviatilis

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

General:

Little is known of the ecology of Leptophilypnus fluviatilis. It is a resident of freshwater streams and rivers, and brackish estuaries. Its precise salinity tolerance and its feeding habits are unknown (Nordlie 2012; Robertson and Allen 2015).


Habitats

General HabitatFresh (nontidal) MarshNone
General HabitatGrass BedNone
General HabitatSwampNone
General HabitatNontidal FreshwaterNone
General HabitatSalt-brackish marshNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
Salinity RangeLimnetic0-0.5 PSU
Salinity RangeOligohaline0.5-5 PSU
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone
Vertical HabitatNektonicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Length (mm)700None
Broad Temperature RangeNoneTropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneLimnetic-Polyhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1937 Non-native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

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Hildebrand, Samuel F. (1939) The Panama Canal as a passageway for fishes, with lists and remarks on the fishes and invertebrates observed, Zoologica (New york Zoological Society) 24: 15-45

Lomonaco, Cecilia; Santos, Andre’ S.; Christoffersen, Marrtin L. (2011) Effects of local hydrodynamic regime on the individual’s size in intertidal Sabellaria (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) and associated fauna at Cabo Branco beach, north-east Brazil, Marine Biodiversity Records 4(e76): Published online

Pestana, Lueji Barros; Dias, Gustavo Muniz; Marquesa, Antonio Carlos (2017) A century of introductions by coastal sessile marine invertebrates in Angola, South East Atlantic Ocean, Marine Pollution Bulletin 125: 426-a432

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 1996-2014 NMNH Fish Collection Database.. <missing URL>