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Scyliorhinus stellaris

Description

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus 1758) —Nursehound

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Scyllium catulus, Cuv. by Gruvel (1931: 73). The species was never recorded afterwards.

Distribution. North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic: Shetland Islands and southern Norway to Morocco.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT: 14 February 2006); Med. (NT: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Unknown.

Remarks. Gruvel (1931: 74) mentioned that the species, along with Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus 1758) were abundant and hated by fishermen.

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

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References

  • Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.