Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 32

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scientific name	Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
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Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL —European conger

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Conger vulgaris, Cuv. View in CoL = Conger conger View in CoL , L. by Gruvel (1931: 79); subsequently recorded as Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 13); as Conger conger (Linnaeus) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 77); recently recorded as Conger conger View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway south to Senegal, including Madeira and Canary Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 20 October 2011); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action .