Pseudanthias squamipinnis

Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) ���Sea goldie Taxonomy. Single record from Lebanon as Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) by Bitar (2013: 592). This record is based on two pictures taken underwater in Beirut (June 2000). The species has never been observed or collected in the Mediterranean afterwards. Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra, Madagascar, Al- dabra and western Mascarenes east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and Tonga. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 12 March 2015). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. 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 pages 138-139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
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