Species Regional Summary
Pterois volitans
Choctawhatchee Bay ( G120 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Okaloosa County, about 16 miles south of Ft. Walton Beach/FL/Gulf of Mexico (10/17/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010, 30.15201N, -86.74545 W; Schofield 2010)

Geographic Extent

Okaloosa County, about 16 miles south of Ft. Walton Beach/FL/Gulf of Mexico (10/17/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010, 30.15201N, -86.74545 W); FL/Choctawatchee Bay, Hogtown Bayou, Gulf of Mexico (2012, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2014, Scyphers et al. 2014, 2 spearfisher sightings ~ 20 records in vicinity)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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