Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm 1874)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 72

Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm 1874) —Fries’s goby

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lesueurigobius friesii by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81).

Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: southern Norway and British Isles south to Mauritania.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 15 July 2014); Med. ( LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action .