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Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758

Description

Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758 —Swordfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Xiphias gladius, L. by Gruvel (1931: 111); subsequently recorded as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758 by George & Athanassiou (1966a: 7); as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 228). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 16 February 2011); Med. (NT: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.

Pleuronectiformes

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 pages 98-99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6FFE3FFB3FF2EF955FE8DFBA4

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3983887 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9216FFAEFF82FFD1FFB9FFD4FFF1FB17 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6E2F87D6FFE3FFB3FF2EF955FE8DFBA4 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/167367507 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/21109/taxon/6E2F87D6FFE3FFB3FF2EF955FE8DFBA4.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2007-11-16
Verbatim event date
2007-11-16/2011-02-16
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Xiphiidae
Genus
Xiphias
Species
gladius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Xiphias gladius 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.
  • George, C. J. & Athanassiou, V. (1966 a) Additions to the check list of the fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers on Natural Sciences, American University of Beirut, 5, 6 - 8.
  • 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.