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

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Carcharhinus altimus (Springer 1950) —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)