Chelon labrosus ( Risso, 1827 )

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 44

Chelon labrosus ( Risso, 1827) [N]—Thicklip grey mullet; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil labrosus Risso, 1827: 389 [Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea; no types known].—Syrian synonyms: Mugil chelo Cuvier, 1829 .—Revisions: Durand & Borsa (2015: 268).—Illustration: Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. (1986: 1198, fig.).

Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Beckman (1962: 164) as Liza labrosus ; confirmed by Saad (2005).— Syrian material: MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 4- Orontes, 6-Coastal.—General distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland south to Senegal, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 437-Orontes.—Habitat: This species is pelagic, near shores, sometimes in lagoons and estuaries. It spawns at sea in coastal surface water. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: No major threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.