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Fistularia commersonii Ruppell 1838

Description

Fistularia commersonii Rüppell 1838 —Bluespotted cornetfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Fistularia commersonii in Bariche et al. (2014); as Fistularia commersonii in Bariche et al. (2009); as Fistularia commersonii by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Fistularia commersonii in Bariche et al. (2015: 2169) and Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Southeastern Atlantic: Ascension Island; Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Sokotra, Madagascar, Mascarenes and Persian Gulf east to Mexico and Panama, north to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands and Hawaiian Islands, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New Caledonia, New Zealand and Rapa; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 21 January 2016). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Significant increase in the last two decades. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.

Notes

Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2016-01-21
Family
Fistulariidae
Genus
Fistularia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Syngnathiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Ruppell
Species
commersonii
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2016-01-21
Taxonomic concept label
Fistularia commersonii Ruppell, 1838 sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • Bariche, M., Kazanjian, G. & Azzurro, E. (2014) A lag of 25 years: evidence from an old capture of Fistularia commersonii Ruppell 1838 from Lebanon (Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 30 (1 - 2), 535 - 536. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jai. 12394
  • Carpentieri, P., Lelli, S., Colloca, F., Mohanna, C., Bartolino, V., Moubayed, S. & Ardizzone, G. D. (2009) Incidence of lessepsian migrants on landings of the artisanal fishery of south Lebanon. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2, e 71. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267209000645
  • Bariche, M., Torres, M., Smith, C., Sayar, N., Azzurro, E., Baker, R. & Bernardi, G. (2015) Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (12), 2363 - 2373. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12595