Carcharhinus altimus (Springer 1950) —Bignose shark

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of an individual landed in Jounieh by a fisherman (11 January 2017) .

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 1 December 2008); Med. (DD: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action. Listed as exotic to the Mediterranean Sea (Golani et al. 2002).