Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål 1775)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 131

Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål 1775) —Mangrove red snapper

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål 1775) by Mouneimné (1979: 107– 108); subsequently recorded as Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål 1775) by Mouneimné (2002: 160); recently recorded as Lutjanus argentimaculatus by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366) and as Lutjanus argentimaculatus by Crocetta & Bariche in Dailianis et al. (2016: 621).

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, western Mascarenes and Persian Gulf east to Kiribati ( Line Islands) and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Greenough River ( Western Australia), New South Wales ( Australia), and Tonga; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 4 March 2015). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Nonindigenous species, no conservation action needed .