Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of two specimens landed in Sarafand (9 May 2017) and in Saida (15 September 2017).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical seas (including Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd, 26 September 2017); Med. (NE); CITES: Appendix II. Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action. Listed as exotic to the Mediterranean Sea (Golani et al. 2002).