Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346587

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scientific name

Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)
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Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817) —Blackchin guitarfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1827 by George et al. (1964: 10); subsequently recorded as Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy St Hil. by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1817 by Mouneimné (2002: 56); recently recorded as Rhinobatos cemiculus by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut, Tripoli, Batroun, Saida, Sarafand and Tyre (1998–2019). Material in collection: AUBM, BMNH and USNM (as Rhinobatos cemiculus ).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (CR: A2d, 3 December 2018); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence : Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action. The capture, transportation, storage or commercialization of this species is forbidden in Lebanon .

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.

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]

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Rajiformes

Family

Rhinobatidae

Genus

Glaucostegus