Icelandic MNIS

Vertebrates


 
Platichthys flesus, Linnaeus 1767

Native range: NE-Atlantic
First reported: 1999, Ölfusá
Distribution: East to North
Pathway: Ballast water
Impact: Predation on salmonid eggs and larvae, European plaice larvae and competition over food with salmonids, eel and stickleback.

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Taurulus bubalis, Euphrasen 1786

Native range: Europe
First reported: 2005, Vatnsleysuströnd
Distribution: Southwest
Pathway: Ballast water
Impact: Unknown

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Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

Native range: Pacific
First reported: Spawning in 2017
Distribution: Wide
Pathway:
Impact: Unknown

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