Serranus scriba (Linnaeus 1758)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 89

Serranus scriba (Linnaeus 1758) —Painted comber

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Serranus scriba , L. by Gruvel (1931: 101); subsequently recorded as Serranus scriba (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 17); as Serranus scriba (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 62); as Serranus scriba (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 128); recently recorded as Serranus scriba by Harmelin- Vivien et al. (2005: 629); as Serranus scriba by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2170); and Aguillar et al. (2018: 82). Material in collection: AUBM and USNM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: English Channel south to Senegal; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa north to KwaZulu-Natal Rare.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 10 May 2013); Med. ( LC: 14 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action .