| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | Israel |
| FAO area | |
| From | Indian Ocean, Western |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 2002 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1975-present |
| Established in the Wild | no |
| Established in Aquaculture | |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | unknown |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | unknown |
| Reason | unknown |
| Other Reason | |
| Comments | Worldwide : widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific: from the Red Sea to Japan, Australia, Polynesia and Hawaii. Though collected in the southern Red Sea, it has not previously been recorded from the northern Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez or in the Suez Canal. |