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Gnathophis mystax

Description

Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche 1809) —Thinlip conger

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Gnathophis mystax by Colloca & Lelli (2012: 13).

Distribution. Southwestern Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal south to Morocco.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 7 November 2011); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very 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 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2007-11-16
Family
Congridae
Genus
Gnathophis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Delaroche
Species
mystax
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2007-11-16/2011-11-07
Taxonomic concept label
Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • Colloca, F. & Lelli, S. (2012) Report of the FAO EastMed support to the fishing trials carried out off the South Lebanese Coast. EastMed technical documents 14. FAO, Rome, 38 pp.