Invasion History

First Non-native North American Tidal Record:
First Non-native West Coast Tidal Record:
First Non-native East/Gulf Coast Tidal Record:

General Invasion History:

None

North American Invasion History:


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:   Omobranchus
Species:   punctatus

Synonyms

Petroskirtes japonicus (Bleeker, 1869)
Aspidontus dasson (Jordan and Snyder, 1902)
Blennius punctatus (Fabricius, 1780)
Omobranchus japonicus scalaius (J. L. B. Smith, 1959)
Petroscirtes dispar (Gunther, 1861)
Petroscirtes kochi : (Weber, 1908)
Petroscirtes masyae (H. M. Smith, 1934)
Petroscirtes semilineatus (Kner, 1868)
Poroalticus sewalli (Fowler, 1931)
Salarias decipiens (DeVis, 1884)
Salarias helenae (DeVis, 1884)
Salarias sindensis (Day, 1888)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Invertbrates

Trophic Status:

Carnivore

Carn

Habitats

General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone
General HabitatCoral reefNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Tidal RangeLow IntertidalNone
Vertical HabitatNektonicNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneWarm temperate-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneMesohaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
CIO-I None 1836 Native Established
NWP-3a None 0 Native Established
SP-VII None 0 Native Established
AUS-XII None 0 Native Established
IP-1 None 0 Native Established
NWP-3b None 0 Native Established
EAS-VIII None 0 Native Established
EAS-I None 0 Native Established
EAS-VI None 0 Native Established
AUS-XIV None 0 Native Established
CIO-IV None 0 Native Established
CIO-II None 0 Native Established
AUS-I None 0 Native Established
CAR-III None 1930 Non-native Established
AUS-X None 0 Native Established
NWP-2 None 0 Native Established
EA-III None 1978 Non-native Unknown
EA-IV None 1959 Non-native Unknown
SP-I None 0 Native Established
EAS-III None 0 Native Established
AG-1 None 0 Native Established
CIO-VI None 0 Native Established
CIO-V None 0 Native Established
SP-III None 0 Native Established
AUS-II None 0 Native Established
AUS-III None 0 Native Established
AG-3 None 0 Native Established
SA-II None 2004 Non-native Established
SA-III None 2002 Non-native Established
MED-V None 2003 Non-native Unknown
RS-3 None 1980 Non-native Unknown
SA-IV None 2008 Non-native Established
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 1930 Non-native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

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