Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810

• Main Authors: Bariche, Michel, Fricke, Ronald
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Carcharhiniformes; Scyliorhinidae; Galeus; Galeus melastomus; Faroe Islands; Norway; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346444; https://zenodo.org/record/4346444

Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 —Blackmouth catshark Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 by George & Athanassiou (1966a: 6–7); subsequently recorded as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 by Mouneimné (2002: 49); recently recorded as Galeus melastomus by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (24 April 2010) and Sarafand (8 February 2018). Material in collection: AUBM. Distribution. Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic: Faroe Islands and Norway to Senegal. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 1 October 2003); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action. : 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 11-12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887 : {"references": ["George, C. J. & Athanassiou, V. (1966 a) Additions to the check list of the fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers on Natural Sciences, American University of Beirut, 5, 6 - 8.", "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.", "Lteif, M. (2015) Biology, distribution and diversity of cartilaginous fish species along the Lebanese coast, eastern Mediterranean. Ecology, environment. Universite de Perpignan, English, 262 pp. [NNT: 2015 PERP 0026]"]}