Cheilodipterus novemstriatus

Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (R��ppell 1838) ���Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (R��ppell 1838) by Bariche & Azzurro (2012); as Cheilodipterus novemstriatus by Aguillar et al. (2018: 80). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3916). Distribution. Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra east to Persian Gulf; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Significant increase in the last two decades. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.
Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
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