Uranoscopus scaber 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 : 98

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scientific name	Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758
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Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL —Atlantic stargazer

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Uranoscopus scaber View in CoL , L. by Gruvel (1931: 112); subsequently recorded as Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 20); as Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 198). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH and USNM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Morocco (rarely to Senegal), including Madeira; Red Sea.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 14 July 2014); Med. ( LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .