| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | Tonga |
| FAO area | |
| From | Vanuatu |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 1993 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1975-present |
| Established in the Wild | probably no |
| Established in Aquaculture | rarely used |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | unknown |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | government |
| Reason | fisheries |
| Other Reason | aquaculture |
| Comments | Only 50 were imported. Seven of which were dead in the land ì nursery due to an overnight excessive rain. The remaining 43 were ì released at two different sites hoping they reproduce naturally. We tryed to spawn them artificially in Novermber 1993. |