Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus 1758)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 80

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346518

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scientific name

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus 1758)
status

 

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL —Parrotfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Scarus cretensis View in CoL , L. by Gruvel (1931: 90); subsequently recorded as Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus 1766) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 20); as Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 197); recently recorded as Sparisoma cretense View in CoL by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628); as as Sparisoma cretense View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2009: 3); as Sparisoma cretense View in CoL by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2170).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Senegal, including offshore islands. Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH, MNHN and USNM (as Euscarus cretense and Sparisoma cretense ).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 15 September 2009); Med. ( LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, NIS, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. Medium priority for conservation action .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Scaridae

Genus

Sparisoma

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