Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo 1827)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 10

Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo 1827) —Sandbar shark

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of one individual landed in Tripoli (20 August 2013); another from an unknown location in North Lebanon (19 November 2013) , and a third one photographed underwater in Ghazieh (14 May 2018). Recent unpublished records from Sarafand (19 November 2013), Tripoli (20 August 2013) and Saida (13 May 2018). Material in collection: AUBM ( CH 0009) .

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical through warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf), possibly absent from eastern Pacific.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd+4bd, 20 February 2007); Med. ( EN: A4 d, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. High priority for conservation action .