Seriola dumerili (Risso 1810) —Greater amberjack

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Seriola dumerili Risso 1810 by George et al. (1964: 19); subsequently recorded as Seriola dumerili (Risso) by Mouneimné (1977: 63); as Seriola dumerili (Risso 1810) by Mouneimné (2002: 146–147); recently recorded as Seriola dumerili by Bariche et al. (2007: 112) and Aguillar et al. (2018: 82). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH and USNM.

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea), except not in eastern Pacific.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 7 November 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action .