Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall 1983

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 151

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4347078
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall 1983
status

Treatment

Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall 1983 View in CoL —Yellowspotted puffer

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Torquigener flavimaculosus View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Torquigener flavimaculatus View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 83); as Torquigener flavimaculosus View in CoL by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles and Madagascar to Persian Gulf; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 8 June 2011). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Significant increase in the last two decades. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed .