Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus 1758)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 82

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346979

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FFD3-FF80-FF2E-F9EEFEEFFC58

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Felipe

scientific name

Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus 1758)
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Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL —Skipjack tuna

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Euthynnus pelamys View in CoL , L. by Gruvel (1931: 107). Recent unpublished records from Tyre , Sarafand , Saida , Beirut, Batroun , Tripoli (1998–2019) .

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 15 September 2010); Med. ( LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action. The species is relatively common in Lebanon .

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