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- The Lessepsian migration (or Erythrean invasion) is the migration of marine species along the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean...
- Lessepsian migrants, named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer in charge of the Suez Canal's construction, are marine species that are native...
- anchovy fishery there. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 made possible Lessepsian migration, facilitating the arrival of hundreds of Indo-Pacific marine...
- The Lessepsian lizardfish (Saurida lessepsi****) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Synodontidae, the lizardfishes. This species...
- Mediterranean biota, and not vice versa; this phenomenon is known as the Lessepsian migration (after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer) or Erythrean...
- but has become introduced to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant. Plotosus lineatus can reach a maximum length of 32 cm (13 in)...
- dominant, south to north, migratory p****age across the canal is often called Lessepsian migration (after Ferdinand de Lesseps) or "Erythrean invasion". The recent...
- from the Red Sea to Fiji. It has colonised the eastern Mediterranean by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal. The flesh of this crab, like many other...
- become a major component of the Mediterranean ecosystem. Known as the Lessepsian migration, the introduced species have caused serious impacts on the Mediterranean...
- S. rivulatus have become established in the eastern Mediterranean via Lessepsian migration. They are commercially important food fish, and can be used...