Carcharhinus altimus (Springer 1950)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 8-9

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scientific name	Carcharhinus altimus (Springer 1950)
status

Treatment

Carcharhinus altimus (Springer 1950) View in CoL —Bignose shark

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of an individual landed in Jounieh by a fisherman (11 January 2017) .

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 1 December 2008); Med. (DD: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action. Listed as exotic to the Mediterranean Sea ( Golani et al. 2002).

References

Golani, D., Orsi-Relini, L., Massuti, E. & Quignard, J. P. (2002) CIESM atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 1. Fishes. Available from: http: // www. ciesm. org / atlas / appendix 1. html (accessed 20 September 2019)