Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé 1976) —Red Sea goatfish

Taxonomy. First record in Lebanon as Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé 1976) by Bariche et al. (2013b); as Parupeneus forsskali by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Socotra; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.