Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål 1775)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 137

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346823
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FF0A-FF59-FF2E-FA93FCFCFD4A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål 1775)
status

Treatment

Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål 1775) View in CoL —Blacktip grouper

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål 1775) View in CoL by Bariche & Heemstra (2012).

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa and Socotra east to Wake Atoll, Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 21 November 2016). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed .