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Chelon labrosus

Description

Chelon labrosus (Risso 1827) —Thicklip grey mullet

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Mugil chelo, Cuv. by Gruvel (1931: 88); subsequently recorded as Mugil chelo Cuvier 1829 by George et al. (1964: 16); as Chelon labrosus Risso by Mouneimné (1977: 65); as Chelon labrosus (Risso 1826) by Mouneimné (2002: 185–186); recently recorded as Chelon labrosus by Bariche et al. (2009: 3). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland south to Senegal, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 1 January 2008); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: 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 50, 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
Mugilidae
Genus
Chelon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mugiliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Risso
Species
labrosus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2007-11-16/2008-01-01
Taxonomic concept label
Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) 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.