Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 79

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346480
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scientific name	Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
status

Treatment

Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) View in CoL —Wreckfish

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of several of individuals landed from various parts offshore Lebanon since 2014.

Distribution. Nearly circumglobal, including Mediterranean Sea; not recorded from Pacific coast of South America or in the North Pacific.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 30 April 2003); Med. (DD: 14 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Polyprionidae
Genus	Polyprion

Specimens

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