Auxis rochei (Risso 1810)

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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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346589
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scientific name	Auxis rochei (Risso 1810)
status

Treatment

Auxis rochei (Risso 1810) View in CoL —Bullet tuna

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Auxis rochei (Risso) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 64); subsequently recorded as Auxis rochei (Risso 1810) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 223–224); recently recorded as Auxis rochei View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2007: 112). Material in collection: USNM.

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea), but not eastern Pacific.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 17 September 2010); Med. ( LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action .