Stomias boa (Risso 1810) —Scaly dragonfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as by Aguillar et al., (2018: 82). Recent unpublished records from Batroun (November 2005) and Tripoli (4 October 2009). Material in collection: AUBM

Distribution. Southern circumglobal in all oceans; western Atlantic: Greenland southward; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to South Africa, including Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara. Material in collection: AUBM.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 22 May 2013); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .

Syngnathiformes