Invasion History
Panama Invasion History:
Invasion history elsewhere in the world:
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Description
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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
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Caranx crysos
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Caranx hippos
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Caranx latus
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Caranx crysos
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Caranx hippos
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Caranx latus
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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
CarnHabitats
| General Habitat | Grass Bed | None |
| General Habitat | Unstructured Bottom | None |
| General Habitat | Coral reef | None |
| General Habitat | Mangroves | None |
| General Habitat | Canals | None |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Nektonic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Maximum Length (mm) | 1,200 | Froese and Pauly 2017 |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Subtropica-Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Limnetic-Euhaline (may enter fresh and brackish water as a juvenile) |
General Impacts
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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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>