Tetrapturus belone 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 : 73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346809
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FFCA-FF99-FF2E-FAEAFC4EFD44
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque 1810
status

Treatment

Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque 1810 View in CoL —Mediterranean spearfish

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on several photos of adult individuals landed from various parts offshore Lebanon (4 May 2014; 2 December 2014, 3 September 2017, 6 November 2017, 10 November 2017, 7 November 2018), including juveniles (1 m TL, 3 September 2017) .

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea endemic.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 26 January 2015); Med. ( LC: 17 September 2010). Capture and threats: FIB, Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Istiophoridae
Genus	Tetrapturus

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