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Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847

Description

Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847 —Round sardinella

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Clupea (Sardinella) aurita C.V. by Gruvel (1931: 83); subsequently recorded as Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847 by George et al. (1964: 11); as Sardinella aurita Valenciennes by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847 by Mouneimné (2002: 70); recently recorded as Sardinella aurita by Bariche et al. (2007: 112). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH, MCZ, UF, USNM and YPM.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: Cape Cod (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Namibia.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 23 August 2012); Med. (LC: 14 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, HAB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Very common. 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 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2007-11-14
Family
Clupeidae
Genus
Sardinella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Clupeiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Valenciennes
Species
aurita
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2007-11-14/2012-08-23
Taxonomic concept label
Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 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.
  • Bariche, M., Sadek, R., Al-Zein, M. S. & El-Fadel, M. (2007) Diversity of juvenile fish assemblages in the pelagic waters of Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia, 580, 109 - 115. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10750 - 006 - 0461 - 0