# List of Lessepsian migrant species

Lessepsian migrants, named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer in charge of the Suez Canal's construction, are marine species that are native to the waters on one side of the Suez Canal, and which have been introduced by passage through the canal to the waters on its other side, giving rise to new colonies there and often becoming invasive.
Most Lessepsian migrations are of Red Sea species invading the Mediterranean Sea; few occur in the opposite direction.

## Red Sea species to Mediterranean Sea

The year given denotes the first record in the Mediterranean (often distinct from the year of publication).
| Species | Group | Year |
| Acanthurus sohal | Actinopterygii: Acanthuridae | 2022 |
| Acanthurus xanthopterus | Actinopterygii: Acanthuridae | 2022 |
| Actaea savignii | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 2010 |
| Alepes djedaba | Actinopterygii: Carangidae | 1927 |
| Alepes kleinii | Actinopterygii: Carangidae | 1966 |
| Alpheus edwardsii | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1924 |
| Alpheus inopinatus | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1936 |
| Alpheus rapacida | Crustacea: Alpheidae | 1964 |
| Apogonichthyoides pharaonis | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 1947 |
| Aquilonastra burtoni | Echinodermata: Asterinidae | 1966 |
| Arcuatula arcuatula | Mollusca: Mytilidae | |
| Arcuatula perfragilis | Mollusca: Mytilidae | 1960 |
| Arcuatula senhousia | Mollusca: Mytilidae | 2004 |
| Ashtoret lunaris | Crustacea: Matutidae | 1987 |
| Aspidosiphon elegans | Phascolosomatidea: Aspidosiphonidae | 1957 |
| Atergatis roseus | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1961 |
| Atherinomorus lacunosus | Actinopterygii: Atherinidae | 1902 |
| Belzebub hanseni | Crustacea: Luciferidae | 1924 |
| Brachidontes pharaonis | Mollusca: Mytilidae | 1876 |
| Caesio varilineata | Actinopterygii: Caesionidae | 2018 |
| Callionymus filamentosus | Actinopterygii: Callionymidae | 1953 |
| Caloria indica | Mollusca: Facelinidae | 1986 |
| Carcharhinus melanopterus | Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae | 2005 |
| Carupa tenuipes | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1996 |
| Champsodon capensis | Actinopterygii: Champsodontidae | 2012 |
| Champsodon nudivittis | Actinopterygii: Champsodontidae | 2008 |
| Champsodon vorax | Actinopterygii: Champsodontidae | 2010 |
| Chaetodon austriacus | Actinopterygii: Chaetodontidae | 2011 |
| Chaetodon larvatus | Actinopterygii: Chaetodontidae | 2011 |
| Charybdis hellerii | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1924 |
| Charybdis longicollis | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1959 |
| Cheilodipterus novemstriatus | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 2010 |
| Conus arenatus | Mollusca: Conidae | |
| Crenidens crenidens | Actinopterygii: Sparidae | 1970 |
| Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus | Actinopterygii: Gobiidae | 2015 |
| Cymothoa indica | Crustacea: Cymothoidae | 2009 |
| Cucurbitula cymbium | Mollusca: Gastrochaenidae | |
| Decapterus russelli | Actinopterygii: Carangidae | 2005 |
| Diodora ruppellii | Mollusca: Fissurellidae | |
| Dussumieria acuta | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1953 |
| Epinephelus areolatus | Actinopterygii: Serranidae | 2016 |
| Epinephelus coioides | Actinopterygii: Serranidae | 1969 |
| Epinephelus fasciatus | Actinopterygii: Serranidae | 2012 |
| Epinephelus geoffroyi | Actinopterygii: Serranidae | 2015 |
| Equulites popei | Actinopterygii: Leiognathidae | 2011 |
| Equulites klunzingeri | Actinopterygii: Leiognathidae | 1931 |
| Eucrate crenata | Crustacea: Goneplacidae | 1924 |
| Fenneropenaeus indica | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1981 |
| Ferosagitta galerita | Chaetognatha: Sagittidae | 2003 |
| Fistularia commersonii | Actinopterygii: Fistulariidae | 2000 |
| Fulvia fragilis | Mollusca: Cardiidae | 2005 |
| Gafrarium pectinatum | Mollusca: Veneridae | |
| Goniobranchus annulatus | Mollusca: Chromodorididae | 2004 |
| Hemiramphus far | Actinopterygii: Hemiramphidae | 1927 |
| Heniochus intermedius | Actinopterygii: Chaetodontidae | 2003 |
| Herklotsichthys punctatus | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1943 |
| Heterosaccus dollfusi | Crustacea: Sacculinidae | 1992 |
| Himantura uarnak | Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae | 1955 |
| Hippocampus fuscus | Actinopterygii: Syngnathidae | 2001 |
| Hyastenus hilgendorfi | Crustacea: Epialtidae | 1960 |
| Hyporhamphus affinis | Actinopterygii: Hemiramphidae | 1964 |
| Ixa monodi | Crustacea: Leucosiidae | 1955 |
| Jaydia queketti | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 2006 |
| Jaydia smithi | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 2013 |
| Lagocephalus guentheri | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 2005 |
| Lagocephalus sceleratus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 2016 |
| Lagocephalus spadiceus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 1953 |
| Lagocephalus suezensis | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 1977 |
| Leonnates persicus | Annelida: Nereididae | 2001 |
| Leptochela aculeocaudata | Crustacea: Pasiphaeidae | 1933 |
| Leucosia signata | Crustacea: Leucosiidae | 1953 |
| Lophioturris indica | Mollusca: Turridae | |
| Marsupenaeus japonicus | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1924 |
| Metapenaeus monoceros | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1924 |
| Metapenaeus stebbingi | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1924 |
| Metapenaeopsis aegypti | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1990 |
| Metapenaeopsis mogiensis | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1997 |
| Modiolus auriculatus | Mollusca: Mytilidae | 1960 |
| Myrax fugax | Crustacea: Leucosiidae | 1930 |
| Nemipterus japonicus | Actinopterygii: Nemipteridae | 2006 |
| Nemipterus randalli | Actinopterygii: Nemipteridae | 2006 |
| Notopus dorsipes | Crustacea: Raninidae | 1962 |
| Ogyrides mjoebergi | Crustacea: Ogyrididae | 1947 |
| Ostorhinchus fasciatus | Actinopterygii: Apogonidae | 2008 |
| Ostracion cubicus | Actinopterygii: Ostraciidae | 2011 |
| Oxyurichthys petersii | Actinopterygii: Oxudercidae | 1983 |
| Palaemonella rotumana | Crustacea: Palaemonidae | 1948 |
| Pampus argenteus | Actinopterygii: Stromateidae | 1896 |
| Panulirus ornatus | Crustacea: Palinuridae | 1988 |
| Papilloculiceps longiceps | Actinopterygii: Platycephalidae | 1986 |
| Parexocoetus mento | Actinopterygii: Exocoetidae | 1935 |
| Parupeneus forsskali | Actinopterygii: Mullidae | 2000 |
| Pelates quadrilineatus | Actinopterygii: Terapontidae | 1970 |
| Penaeus hathor | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1997 |
| Penaeus semisulcatus | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1928 |
| Periclimenes calmani | Crustacea: Palaemonidae | 1924 |
| Petroscirtes ancylodon | Actinopterygii: Blenniidae | 1989 |
| Phidiana militaris | Mollusca: Facelinidae | 2016 |
| Pilumnopeus vauquelini | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1924 |
| Plagusia tuberculata | Crustacea: Grapsidae | 1981 |
| Planiliza carinata | Actinopterygii: Mugilidae | 1971 |
| Platax teira | Actinopterygii: Ephippidae | 2010 |
| Platycephalus indicus | Actinopterygii: Platycephalidae | 1953 |
| Plectorhinchus gaterinus | Actinopterygii: Haemulidae | 2016 |
| Plotosus lineatus | Actinopterygii: Plotosidae | 2001 |
| Pomacanthus imperator | Actinopterygii: Pomacanthidae | 2010 |
| Pomacanthus maculosus | Actinopterygii: Pomacanthidae | 2009 |
| Pomadasys stridens | Actinopterygii: Haemulidae | 1969 |
| Portunus segnis | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1898 |
| Priacanthus sagittarius | Actinopterygii: Priacanthidae | 2009 |
| Processa aequimana | Crustacea: Processidae | 1946 |
| Pteragogus trispilus | Actinopterygii: Labridae | 1992 |
| Pterois miles | Actinopterygii: Scorpaenidae | 1992 |
| Rachycentron canadum | Actinopterygii: Rachycentridae | 1986 |
| Rastrelliger kanagurta | Actinopterygii: Scombridae | 1971 |
| Ratabulus prionotus | Actinopterygii: Platycephalidae | 1947 |
| Rhabdosargus haffara | Actinopterygii: Sparidae | 1991 |
| Rhabdosargus sarba | Actinopterygii: Sparidae | 1991 |
| Rhopilema nomadica | Cnidaria: Rhizostomatidae | 1970s |
| Sardinella gibbosa | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 2008 |
| Sargocentron rubrum | Actinopterygii: Holocentridae | 1947 |
| Saron marmoratus | Crustacea: Hippolytidae | 2013 |
| Saurida lessepsianus | Actinopterygii: Synodontidae | 1953 |
| Scarus ghobban | Actinopterygii: Scaridae | 1999 |
| Scomberomorus commerson | Actinopterygii: Scombridae | 1935 |
| Sepia dollfusi | Mollusca: Sepiidae | 2015 |
| Sepia pharaonis | Mollusca: Sepiidae | 2003 |
| Sepioteuthis lessoniana | Mollusca: Loliginidae | 2002 |
| Siganus luridus | Actinopterygii: Siganidae | 1964 |
| Siganus rivulatus | Actinopterygii: Siganidae | 1927 |
| Sillago suezensis | Actinopterygii: Sillaginidae | 1977 |
| Sphaerozius nitidus | Crustacea: Xanthidae | 1976 |
| Sphyraena chrysotaenia | Actinopterygii: Sphyraenidae | 1930 |
| Sphyraena flavicauda | Actinopterygii: Sphyraenidae | 1991 |
| Spratelloides delicatulus | Actinopterygii: Clupeidae | 1978 |
| Stephanolepis diaspros | Actinopterygii: Monacanthidae | 1927 |
| Synanceia verrucosa | Actinopterygii: Scorpaenidae | 2010 |
| Synchiropus sechellensis | Actinopterygii: Callionymidae | 2014 |
| Terapon jarbua | Actinopterygii: Terapontidae | 2010 |
| Terapon puta | Actinopterygii: Terapontidae | 1976 |
| Tetrosomus gibbosus | Actinopterygii: Ostraciidae | 1988 |
| Thalamita poissonii | Crustacea: Portunidae | 1952 |
| Trachurus indicus | Actinopterygii: Carangidae | 2009 |
| Trachysalambria palaestinensis | Crustacea: Penaeidae | 1924 |
| Trochus erithreus | Mollusca: Trochidae | |
| Torquigener flavimaculosus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 1987 |
| Trypauchen vagina | Actinopterygii: Oxudercidae | 2011 |
| Tylerius spinosissimus | Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae | 2005 |
| Tylosurus choram | Actinopterygii: Belonidae | 1963 |
| Upeneus moluccensis | Actinopterygii: Mullidae | 1947 |
| Upeneus pori | Actinopterygii: Mullidae | 1950 |
| Urocaridella pulchella | Crustacea: Palaemonidae | 2008 |
| Vanderhorstia mertensi | Actinopterygii: Gobiidae | 2008 |

## Mediterranean species to Red Sea

* Argyrosomus regius
* Biuve fulvipunctata
* Gobius cobitis
* Gobius paganellus
* Serranus cabrilla
* Solea aegyptiaca
* Umbrina cirrosa