Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall 1982)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 147-148

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4347306
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FF10-FF42-FF2E-F819FDA3FAB8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall 1982)
status

Treatment

Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall 1982) View in CoL —Spotbase burrfish

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on an underwater observation by first author ( MB) of a specimen in Tyre ( 05 September 2011). The species is conspicuous, easy to identify and has been recorded earlier in the area ( Golani 1993) .

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Socotra and Réunion (Mascarenes) east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia; eastern Pacific (Galápagos Islands); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

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