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Helicolenus dactylopterus

Description

Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche 1809) —Blackbelly rosefish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Helicolenus dactylopterus (De la Roche 1809) by George et al. (1964: 23); subsequently recorded as Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche) by Mouneimné (1977: 66); as Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus (Delaroche 1809) by Mouneimné (2002: 119); recently recorded as D. dactylopterus by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Norway south to South Africa; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa; Greenland; Western Atlantic.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 6 May 2013); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very 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 pages 107-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2007-11-15
Family
Sebastidae
Genus
Helicolenus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
De la Roche
Species
dactylopterus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2007-11-15/2013-05-06
Taxonomic concept label
Helicolenus dactylopterus (la, 1809) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • 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.