Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco 1844)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 99

Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco 1844) —Rüppell’s scaldback

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Arnoglossus rueppelii by Aguillar et al. (2018: 80).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar south to Western Sahara, including Madeira and Canary Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 4 February 2009); Med. ( LC: 27 February 2008). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action .