Boops boops (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 : 89

Boops boops (Linnaeus 1758) —Bogue

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Box vulgaris , C.V. = Box boops , L. by Gruvel (1931: 92); subsequently recorded as Boops boops (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 18); as Boops boops (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 63); as Boops boops (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 165–166); recently recorded as Boops boops by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629); as Boops boops by Bariche et al. (2007: 112); as Boops boops by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH, MCZ, UF, USNM and YPM.

Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Angola, including Madeira and Canary Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 14 August 2009); Med. ( LC: 11 December 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Low priority for conservation action .