Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346821
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scientific name	Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792)
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Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792) View in CoL —Royal flagfin

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Aulopus filamentosus Cloquet View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 39–40); subsequently recorded as Aulopus filamentosus Cloquet 1816 View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 85–86); recently recorded as Aulopus filamentosus View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 80). Recent unpublished records from Batroun (11 November 2005). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea south to Brazil; Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands south to Gulf of Guinea.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 20 October 2013); Med. ( LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .