Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar 1953

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 149

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346807
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scientific name	Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar 1953
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Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar 1953 View in CoL —Suez pufferfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Forster) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 66); subsequently recorded as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Forster 1774) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 244–245); recently recorded as Lagocephalus suezensis View in CoL by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Lagocephalus suezensis View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Lagocephalus suezensis View in CoL by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Suez; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Red Sea to northern Australia, northward to southern Japan.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 8 June 2011). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Nonindigenous species, no conservation action needed .