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Katsuwonus pelamis
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Description
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus 1758) —Skipjack tuna
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Euthynnus pelamys, L. by Gruvel (1931: 107). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 15 September 2010); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action. The species is relatively common in Lebanon.
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 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- LC
- Event date
- 2007-11-15
- Verbatim event date
- 2007-11-15/2010-09-15
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Katsuwonus
- Species
- pelamis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) 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.