Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus 1758) —Small-spotted catshark

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Scyllium caninula, Cuv. by Gruvel (1931: 73). The species was never recorded afterwards.

Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, western Mediterranean Sea, northeastern Atlantic: Shetland Islands and southern Norway south to Senegal.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 1 December 2008); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Unknown .

Remarks. Gruvel (1931: 74) mentioned that the species, along with Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus 1758), were abundant and hated by fishermen.