Macroramphosus scolopax (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 : 111

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346905
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus 1758)
status

Treatment

Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL —Longspine snipefish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 62); subsequently recorded as Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 111); recently recorded as Macroramphosus scolopax View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Recent unpublished records from Tyre (5 September 2012) and Beirut (12 May 2000). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 29 January 2009); Med. ( LC: 8 March 2016). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .