Terapon puta Cuvier 1829 —Small-scaled terapon

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Terapon puta by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Terapon puta by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to Philippines, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.