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Atherinomorus forskalii

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Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell 1838) —Red Sea hardyhead silverside

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Atherina pinguis Linnaeus 1803 by George et al. (1964: 16); subsequently recorded as Pranesus pinguis (Lacepède) by Mouneimné (1977: 65); as Pranesus pinguis (Lacepède 1803) by Mouneimné (2002: 107); recently recorded as Atherinomorus lacunosus by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628); as Atherinomorus lacunosus by Bariche et al. (2007: 112); as Atherinomorus lacunosus by Bariche et al. (2009: 3); as Atherinomorus forskalii by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366). Material in collection: AUBM and USNM (as Atherina hepsetia pinguis). Material in collection: AUBM

Distribution. Red Sea endemic; Mediterranean Sea (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 pages 116-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6FFF1FFA5FF2EF8EAFD6BFA70

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/6E2F87D6FFF1FFA5FF2EF8EAFD6BFA70 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/167366986 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/21109/taxon/6E2F87D6FFF1FFA5FF2EF8EAFD6BFA70.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Atherinidae
Genus
Atherinomorus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Atheriniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Ruppell
Species
forskalii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atherinomorus forskalii (Ruppell, 1838) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • 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.
  • Harmelin-Vivien, M. L., Bitar, G., Harmelin, J. G. & Monestiez, P. (2005) The littoral fish community of the Lebanese rocky coast (eastern Mediterranean Sea) with emphasis on Red Sea immigrants. Biological Invasions, 7, 625 - 637. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10530 - 004 - 5852 - 4
  • Bariche, M., Sadek, R., Al-Zein, M. S. & El-Fadel, M. (2007) Diversity of juvenile fish assemblages in the pelagic waters of Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia, 580, 109 - 115. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10750 - 006 - 0461 - 0
  • 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