Fangtooth Moray (Enchelycore anatina) (R. T. Lowe, 1838) -- Tiger Moray - Bird-eye conger - Τιγροσμέρνα - Cyprus

 Invasive species , Lessepsian immigrants to Cyprus

The Fangtooth Moray (sometimes Tiger Moray or Bird-eye conger) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae found in warmer parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands, Madeira and various other islands.

The Fangtooth Moray is distinctive for its bright yellow colouring and elongated jaw, which is filled with a large number of long "glasslike" teeth. It can reach up to 120 cm in length

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Photos Limassol,  by George Konstantinou

5mts deep,Protaras,26.08.2016  Underwater photos and video by Costas Constantinou

Underwater photos Limasol  by Kostas Aristeidou

Red-eared slider or Red-eared terrapin -Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839) - Cyprus

See also

The three turtles of Cyprus - Τα τρία είδη χελώνων της Κύπρου

Λίστα ερπετών και αμφίβιων της Κύπρου - List of reptiles and amphibians of Cyprus

Τα τρία είδη χελώνων της Κύπρου (Web TV) - Του Γιώργου Κωνσταντίνου - Εφημερίδα πολίτης 30/5/2018

LIFE NAT/CY/000247 “Improving the conservation status of fauna species in Cyprus: from microhabitat restoration to landscape connectivity (ICOSTACY)”

Eισβλητικό είδος χελώνας γλυκού νερού  Trachemys scripta

Alien species to Cyprus

 Family Emydidae

Red-eared sliders get their name from the small red slash around their ears. The "slider" part of their name comes from their ability to slide off rocks and logs and into the water quickly. This species was previously known as Troost's turtle in honor of an American  herpetologist; Trachemys scripta troostii is now the scientific name for another subspecies, the Cumberland slider.

Photos Nicosia,Athalassa by George Konstantinou

Sally Lightfoot - Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) - Cyprus

See also

Documentation on the establishment of Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean) By G. Κonstantinou and K. Kapiris

Alien species of Cyprus



Percnon gibbesi 
is a species of crab. It is one of at least two species commonly called "Sally Lightfoot" (the other being the semi-terrestrial Grapsus grapsus from the Pacific coast of the Americas), and is also referred to as the nimble spray crab or urchin crab. It has been described as "the most invasive decapod species to enter the Mediterranean"
Adults have a carapace 30 millimetres (1.2 in) wide, and legs with yellow rings at the joints. Each of the five pairs of walking legs has a row of spines along the leading edge. Females carrying eggs have been caught off West Africa between February and April and August; the larvae which hatch from them are planktonic and long-lived, which may contribute to the species' invasiveness
The genus Percnon is currently "doubtfully placed" in the family Plagusiidae, and it has also been included in the family Grapsidae
P. gibbesi is one of the most widespread grapsid crabs, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and on the Pacific coast of North America. There, its range extends from California to Chile, while in the Atlantic, it occurs natively from Florida to Brazil and from Madeira to the Gulf of Guinea. It has recently invaded the Mediterranean Sea, having first been discovered at Linosa, Sicily in 1999. It has subsequently been found on the Balearic Islands, in Greece, Cyprus, in Libya and in Malta.
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Photos Potamos tou Kampou 15/7/2015 by George Konstantinou

                                                          Video Costas Constantinou