Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1967

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:		Blennioidei
Family:		Blenniidae
Genus:		Lupinoblennius
Species:		vinctus

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Invertebrates

Consumers:

Fishes, birds

Trophic Status:

Carnivore

Carn

Habitats

General Habitat	Coarse Woody Debris	None
General Habitat	Oyster Reef	None
General Habitat	Canals	None
General Habitat	Mangroves	None
Salinity Range	Mesohaline	5-18 PSU
Salinity Range	Polyhaline	18-30 PSU
Salinity Range	Euhaline	30-40 PSU
Tidal Range	Subtidal	None
Vertical Habitat	Nektonic	None
Vertical Habitat	Epibenthic	None

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)	0	Experimental 60% survival for 100 hours (McCosker and Dawon 1975)
Broad Temperature Range	None	Subtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity Range	None	Mesohaline-Polyhaline (field collectionbs at 10-35 PSU, Dawson 1972, long-term tolerance of freshwater unknown)

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion	Region Name	Year	Invasion Status	Population Status
PAN_PAC	Panama Pacific Coast	1967	Non-native	Unknown
PAN_CAR	Panama Caribbean Coast		Native	Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID	Author	Year	Date	Locality	Status	Latitude	Longitude

References

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1998 Ichthyological Collection Catalog. <missing URL>

Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206

Dawson, C. E. (1970) The Caribbean Atlantic blenny Lupinoblennius dispar (Tribe: Blenniini), with observations on a Pacific population, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83: 273-286

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

McCosker, J.E., Dawson, C.E. (1975) Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes, Marine Biology 30: 343-351

Robins, C. Richard; Ray, G. Carleton; Douglass, John; Freund, Rudolf 1943 (1986) <missing title>, Houhgton Mifflin, Boston. Pp. <missing location>

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

Lupinoblennius vinctus

Fishes