Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810

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 (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bariche, Michel, Fricke, Ronald
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Carcharhiniformes
Scyliorhinidae
Galeus
Galeus melastomus
Faroe Islands
Norway
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4346444
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346444
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Summary: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 Recent unpublished records from Beirut (24 April 2010) and Sarafand (8 February 2018).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

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