Champsodon vorax Günther 1867

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 128

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scientific name	Champsodon vorax Günther 1867
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Champsodon vorax Günther 1867 View in CoL —no name

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Champsodon vorax View in CoL by Bariche (2010a; 2011); as Champsodon vorax View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific Maldives, South China Sea, northern Western Australia.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Significant increase in the last two decades. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.

References

Bariche, M. (2010 a) Champsodon vorax (Teleostei: Champsodontidae), a new alien fish in the Mediterranean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 16 (4), 197 - 200.

Bariche, M. (2011) First record of the cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus (Ostraciidae) and additional records of Champsodon vorax (Champsodontidae) from the Mediterranean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (4), 181 - 184.

Bariche, M., Torres, M., Smith, C., Sayar, N., Azzurro, E., Baker, R. & Bernardi, G. (2015) Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (12), 2363 - 2373. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12595