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Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier 1829 ���Mediterranean slimehead Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Hoplostethus mediterraneus by Colloca & Lelli (2012: 13); as Hoplostethus mediterraneus by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Recent unpublished records from Batroun (5 March 2005 and 1 July 2013). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3965; OS3968). Distribution. Atlantic; western Mediterranean Sea; western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Madagascar Ridge; southeastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand [including intermedius in Southern Hemisphere]. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 22 May 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action. Clupeiformes, 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 pages 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887, {"references":["Colloca, F. & Lelli, S. (2012) Report of the FAO EastMed support to the fishing trials carried out off the South Lebanese Coast. EastMed technical documents 14. FAO, Rome, 38 pp."]}

Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829: 469, Pl. 97. Type locality: Nice, Mediterranean coast of France. Hoplostethus mediterraneus, Goren & Galil, 1997: 201, 2002: 151; Galil & Zibrowius, 1998: 115. Material examined. TAU P- 10514, 1 spec., off Haifa, 1500 m, coll: B. Galil, 10 May, 1994; TAU P. 12980, 3 spec. off Akko, 032�� 54 'N, 034�� 50 'E, 800 m. coll: B. Galil, 22 August, 2004; TAU P. 12981, 3 spec. off Akko, 032�� 54 'N, 034�� 50 'E, 800 m. coll: B. Galil, 24 August, 2004; TAU P. 13534, 2 spec. Eratosthenes seamount, 033�� 47.750 N, 034�� 46.996 E, 927m. coll: B. Galil, 21 June, 2006; TAU P. 13892, 1 spec. Eratosthenes seamount, 033�� 47.750 N, 034�� 46.996 E, 946 m. coll: B. Galil, 21 June, 2006. Distribution. Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean; depth range 100���1175 m. The present record constitutes a depth record for the species., Published as part of Goren, Menachem & Galil, Bella S., 2015, A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea, pp. 507-530 in Zootaxa 3994 (4) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/244394, {"references":["Goren, M. & Galil, B. S. (1997) New records of deep-sea fishes from the Levant Basin and a note on the deep-sea fishes of the Mediterranean. Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 197 - 203."]}

* □ Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 – Mediterranean slimehead; Olho-devidro ①②, Relógio ②, Alfonsim-do-alto ③, Published as part of Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, pp. 1-73 in European Journal of Taxonomy 73 on page 44, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.73, http://zenodo.org/record/3866515

Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 Aegean Sea: 9100-166 (1 spa), 24.01.1969, G��kova Bay, 450 m, M. Demir; 9100-172 (20 spc), 24.01.1969, G��k- Bay, 450 m, M. Demir. Mediterranean Sea: 9100-752 (1 spc.), March 2004, Samandagi, trawl, 250 m, C. Dalyan.Istanbul Fish Market: 9100-780 (1 spc.), 11.06.1994., Published as part of Nurettin Meri��, L��tfiye Eryilmaz & M��fit ��zulug, 2007, A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum., pp. 29-54 in Zootaxa 1472 on page 41

Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 Aegean Sea: 9100-166 (1 spa), 24.01.1969, Gôkova Bay, 450 m, M. Demir; 9100-172 (20 spc), 24.01.1969, Gôk- Bay, 450 m, M. Demir. Mediterranean Sea: 9100-752 (1 spc.), March 2004, Samandagi, trawl, 250 m, C. Dalyan.Istanbul Fish Market: 9100-780 (1 spc.), 11.06.1994.

The beryciform fish Hoplostethus mediterraneus (Beryciformes: Trachichthyidae) is a species discarded from the southern Portuguese coastal fisheries. It is taken as by-catch by deep water trawls, at depths of between 234 and 618 m, more than 80% being taken at depths of between 234 and 422 m. Immature fish ranged from 4 to 13 cm in length and were present at all seasons. Of the mature individuals, males ranged from 7 to 17 cm and females from 7 to 21 cm. From autumn until spring, fish with gonads at various stages of maturation were present, although there were no specimens with mature gonads.