Echeneis naucrates 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 : 67

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scientific name	Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758 —Live sharksucker

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Echeneis naucrates , L. by Gruvel (1931: 110); subsequently recorded as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758 by George et al. (1964: 24); as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 66); as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 139). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli ( 1998–2019). Material in collection: BMNH, FMNH and USNM.

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of California).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 23 August 2012); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action .