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

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346809

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scientific name

Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque 1810
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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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