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 1 1 157 journal article 21109 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1 7158d7e5-8d0c-4e38-a630-30e42571efa2 1175-5326 3983887 C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071 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.