Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus 1765)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 15-16

Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus 1765) —Basking shark

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of one individual landed in Tyre (1 February 2006) and another in Tripoli (1 March 2015) .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan but antitropical (including Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2ad+3d, 1 October 2005); Med. ( EN: A2 bd, 25 March 2016); CITES Appendix II. Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action .