Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar 1953 —Suez pufferfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Forster) by Mouneimné (1977: 66); subsequently recorded as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Forster 1774) by Mouneimné (2002: 244–245); recently recorded as Lagocephalus suezensis by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Lagocephalus suezensis by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Lagocephalus suezensis by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Suez; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Red Sea to northern Australia, northward to southern Japan.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 8 June 2011). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Nonindigenous species, no conservation action needed .