The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
Author
Bariche, Michel
Author
Fricke, Ronald
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-12
4775
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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Heptranchias perlo
(Bonnaterre 1788)
—Sharpnose sevengill shark
Taxonomy.
First
record from
Lebanon
as
Heptranchias perlo
by
Lteif (2015: 61)
.
Recent
unpublished record from
Tyre
(
10 August 2019
)
.
Distribution.
Circumglobal in tropical through warm temperate sea (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation.
IUCN: Global (NT:
30 April 2003
); Med. (DD:
25 March 2016
). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. High priority for conservation action.