Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes 1847)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 118

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346757
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FFF7-FFA4-FF2E-FE6EFDA3F82C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes 1847)
status

Treatment

Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes 1847) View in CoL —African sailfin flyingfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Parexocoetus brachypterus (Richardson 1846) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 14); as Parexocoetus mento in George & Athanassiou (1967: 281) View in CoL ; subsequently recorded as Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 62); as Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes 1846) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 102– 103); recently recorded as Parexocoetus mento View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2007: 111). Material in collection: BMNH and USNM (as P. brachypterus View in CoL ).

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.