Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen 1788)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 97

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346410
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scientific name	Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen 1788)
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Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen 1788) View in CoL —Silver scabbardfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lepidopus argenteus, Roussat View in CoL = L. argyreus , C.V. by Gruvel (1931: 113); subsequently recorded as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen 1788) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 21); as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen 1788) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 230–231); recently recorded as Lepidopus caudatus View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 82). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 19 May 2013); Med. ( LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action .