Species Regional Summary
Pterois volitans
Mobile Bay ( G150 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Army tank #65 about 34 miles SSE of Dauphin Island/AL/Gulf of Mexico (9/12/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010);

Geographic Extent

Army tank #65 about 34 miles SSE of Dauphin Island/AL/Gulf of Mexico (9/12/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010); about 50 km S of Mobile Bay/AL/Gulf of Mexico (5/30/2012, Brown-Peterson and Hendon 2013); AL/offshore of Mobile Bay to 200 m contour (~15 spearfisher sightings, Scyohers et al. 2014)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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