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Champsodon vorax Gunther 1867

Description

Champsodon vorax Günther 1867 —no name

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Champsodon vorax by Bariche (2010a; 2011); as Champsodon vorax by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific Maldives, South China Sea, northern Western Australia.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Significant increase in the last two decades. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gunther
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Champsodontidae
Genus
Champsodon
Species
vorax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Champsodon vorax Gunther, 1867 sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • Bariche, M. (2010 a) Champsodon vorax (Teleostei: Champsodontidae), a new alien fish in the Mediterranean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 16 (4), 197 - 200.
  • Bariche, M. (2011) First record of the cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus (Ostraciidae) and additional records of Champsodon vorax (Champsodontidae) from the Mediterranean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (4), 181 - 184.
  • Bariche, M., Torres, M., Smith, C., Sayar, N., Azzurro, E., Baker, R. & Bernardi, G. (2015) Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (12), 2363 - 2373. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12595