Invasion History


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:   Percoidei
Family:   Carangidae
Genus:   Gnathanodon
Species:   speciosus

Synonyms

Caranx speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Caranx bartholamaei
None

Caranx crysos
None

Caranx hippos
None

Caranx latus
None

Ecology

General:

Gnathanodon speciosus is an ocean spawner. Juveniles are attracted to floating objects, including logs, florsam, and jellyfish (Froese and Pauly 2010)

Food:

crustaceans, invertebrates

Consumers:

tunas, sharks, humans

Trophic Status:

Carnivore

Carn

Habitats

General HabitatGrass BedNone
General HabitatUnstructured BottomNone
General HabitatCoral reefNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatNektonicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Length (mm)1,200Froese and Pauly 2017
Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropica-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneLimnetic-Euhaline (may enter fresh and brackish water as a juvenile)

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 1968 Def Failed
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast Native Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

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



Brunetti, Riccardo; Griggio, Francesca; Mastrototaro, Francesco; 3, F Gasparini, Fabio; Gissi, Carmela (2020) Toward a resolution of the cosmopolitan Botryllus schlosseri species complex (Ascidiacea, Styelidae):, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 1175-1192

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

Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (Editors). 2002-2024 FishBase.(World Wide Web electronic publication).. <missing URL>



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

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>