The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
Author
Bariche, Michel
Author
Fricke, Ronald
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-12
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10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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Scyliorhinus stellaris
(Linnaeus 1758)
—Nursehound
Taxonomy.
First record from
Lebanon
as
Scyllium catulus
, Cuv.
by
Gruvel (1931: 73)
. The species was never recorded afterwards.
Distribution.
North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic: Shetland Islands and southern
Norway
to
Morocco
.
Conservation.
IUCN: Global (NT:
14 February 2006
); Med. (NT:
25 March 2016
). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Unknown.
Remarks.
Gruvel (1931: 74)
mentioned that the species, along with
Scyliorhinus canicula
(Linnaeus 1758)
were abundant and hated by fishermen.