Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum 1792)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 90

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scientific name	Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum 1792)
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Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum 1792) View in CoL —Sharpsnout seabream

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Puntazzo puntazzo (Cetti 1784) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 18); subsequently recorded as Puntazzo puntazzo (Gmelin) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Diplodus puntazzo (Gmelin 1789) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 170–171); recently recorded as Diplodus puntazzo View in CoL by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629). Material in collection: AUBM and USNM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to South Africa, including Cape Verde Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 18 August 2009); Med. ( LC: 13 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, HAB, Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action .