Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque 1810)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 42

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346627

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scientific name

Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque 1810)
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Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque 1810) View in CoL —Agujon needlefish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Tylosurus acus (Lacépède 1803) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 14); subsequently recorded as Tylosurus acus (Lacepède) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque 1810) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 99–100). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH and USNM (as T. acus imperialis View in CoL ).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Cape Verde Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 18 March 2014); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action .

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