Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 27

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scientific name	Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)
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Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817) —Blackchin guitarfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1827 by George et al. (1964: 10); subsequently recorded as Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy St Hil. by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1817 by Mouneimné (2002: 56); recently recorded as Rhinobatos cemiculus by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut, Tripoli, Batroun, Saida, Sarafand and Tyre (1998–2019). Material in collection: AUBM, BMNH and USNM (as Rhinobatos cemiculus ).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (CR: A2d, 3 December 2018); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence : Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action. The capture, transportation, storage or commercialization of this species is forbidden in Lebanon .