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Equulites klunzingeri

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Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) —Klunzinger’s ponyfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Equula klunzingeri, Steindachner by Gruvel (1931: 110); subsequently recorded as Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) by George et al. (1964: 19); as Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner) by Mouneimné (1977: 63); as Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner 1898) by Mouneimné (2002: 152–153); recently recorded as Equulites klunzingeri by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Equulites klunzingeri by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH (as Leiognathus klunzingeri) and USNM.

Distribution. Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant).

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

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 130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6FF03FF50FF2EFDBAFD6BF8E7

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3983887 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9216FFAEFF82FFD1FFB9FFD4FFF1FB17 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/6E2F87D6FF03FF50FF2EFDBAFD6BF8E7 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/167367193 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/21109/taxon/6E2F87D6FF03FF50FF2EFDBAFD6BF8E7.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Leiognathidae
Genus
Equulites
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Steindachner
Species
klunzingeri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.
  • George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.
  • 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.
  • Bariche, M., Torres, M., Smith, C., Sayar, N., Azzurro, E., Baker, R. & Bernardi, G. (2015) Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (12), 2363 - 2373. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12595