Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber 1877

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 134-135

Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber 1877 —Rhomboidal sweeper

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Pempheris moluca Cuvier 1831 by Mouneimné (1979: 105–106); subsequently recorded as Pempheris oualensis or P. otaitensis Cuvier 1831 by Mouneimné (2002: 151–152); recently recorded as Pempheris vanicolensis by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629); as Pempheris vanicolensis by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Pempheris rhomboidea by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Pempheris rhomboidea by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

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