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Microchirus ocellatus
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Description
Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758) —Four-eyed sole
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 66); subsequently recorded as Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 239–240). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3876).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Spain south to Sierra Leone; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa to Madagascar.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 20 May 2013); Med. (LC: 28 February 2008). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
Notes
Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 102, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- LC
- Event date
- 2008-02-28
- Family
- Soleidae
- Genus
- Microchirus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- ocellatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2008-02-28/2013-05-20
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020
References
- Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
- Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.