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Anguilla anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758

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Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) —European eel

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 13); subsequently recorded as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 74–75). Recent unpublished records from Tripoli, Nahr Ibrahim, Beirut and Damour (1998–2012). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH, MNHN, SMF, and USNM.

Distribution. Western and eastern Atlantic, Baltic Sea, North Sea, White Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea: European seas and adjacent watersheds, spawing and larval migration routes to and from the western Atlantic. Introduced in the Caspian Sea basin.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (CR: A2bd+4bd, 28 May 2013); Med. (North Africa) (EN: A4 bd, 16 October 2007); CITES Appendix II. Capture and threats: HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. High 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 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6FF9CFFCFFF2EFB24FF12FD81

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)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/6E2F87D6FF9CFFCFFF2EFB24FF12FD81 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/167367049 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/21109/taxon/6E2F87D6FF9CFFCFFF2EFB24FF12FD81.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
EN
Event date
2007-10-16
Family
Anguillidae
Genus
Anguilla
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
A4
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
anguilla (Linnaeus
Species
anguilla
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2007-10-16/2013-05-28
Taxonomic concept label
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • 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.