Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 118-119

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4347296
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775)
status

Treatment

Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775) View in CoL —Redcoat

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Holocentrum rubrum Forskäl 1775 View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 16); subsequently recorded as Holocentrus ruber (Forsskål) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 62); as Holocentrus ruber (Forsskål 1775) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 107–108); recently recorded as Sargocentron rubrum View in CoL by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629); as Sargocentron rubrum View in CoL by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Sargocentron rubrum View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Sargocentron rubrum View in CoL by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169); and Sargocentron rubrum View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 82). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH and USNM.

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales ( Australia) and Lord Howe Island; southeastern Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 4 March 2015). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed .