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Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758

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Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 —Atlantic stargazer

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Uranoscopus scaber, L. by Gruvel (1931: 112); subsequently recorded as Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 by George et al. (1964: 20); as Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 198). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH and USNM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Morocco (rarely to Senegal), including Madeira; Red Sea.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 14 July 2014); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.

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 98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6FFE3FFB0FF2EFB5EFC48FEF0

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3983887 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9216FFAEFF82FFD1FFB9FFD4FFF1FB17 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/6E2F87D6FFE3FFB0FF2EFB5EFC48FEF0 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2007-11-16
Family
Uranoscopidae
Genus
Uranoscopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
scaber
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2007-11-16/2014-07-14
Taxonomic concept label
Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.
  • George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.
  • Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
  • Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.