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African Threadfish
Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Also calledBlanka (pol) · Cordonnier Bossu (fra) · Enxada-enxada (por) · Enxareu-enxada (por) · Hynnis de Gorée (fra) · Iskender baligi (tur) · Jurel de Alejandría (spa) · Makrelenbarsch (deu) · Musolini (deu) · Mussolini (fra) · Scyris D'Alexandrie (fra) · Vomer de Gorée (fra) · Xareu-enxada (por) · Πλατυκοκκάλι (ell)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Alectis alexandrinus : Bodenheimer 1937
Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 18170) Caranx gallus: W. Steinitz, 1927; Spicer, 1931; Bodenheimer, 1935; Bodenheimer, 1937. Alectis alexandrinus: Bodenheimer, 1937; Golani, 1996; Golani, 1997 (Heb.). Scyris alexandrina: Ben-Tuvia, 1953a; Ben-Tuvia, 1971a; Fischthal, 1980 (Parasit.); Ben-Tuvia, 1983c (Heb.); Ethad, 2004 (Heb.); Golani, 2005; Stern, 2010; Edelist et al., 2011a (Fish.); Levitt, 2012; Goren, et al., 2016. * Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) Caranx calla: W. Steinitz, 1927; Spicer, 1931; Bodenheimer, 1935; Bodenheimer, 1937. Caranx cala: Liebman, 1934 . Caranx djeddaba: Ben-Tuvia, 1953a; Ben-Tuvia, 1953b. Atule djeddaba: Ben-Tuvia, 1966; Ben-Tuvia, 1971a; Lourie, 1972 (Ichthyoplan. Heb.); Ben-Tuvia, 1978; Por, 1978; Fischthal, 1980 (Parasit.). Alepes djedaba: Spanier & Galil, 1991 (Juv.); Golani, 1993b (Feed.); Golani, 1996; Golani & Ben-Tuvia, 1996; Golani, 1997 (Heb.); Golani, 1998a; Golani, 1998b; Fishelson, 2001; Golani, 2002a; Golani, et al., 2002; Golani, 2003; Ethad, 2004 (Heb.); Goren & Galil, 2005; Rilov & Galil, 2009; Sonin, 2009 (Heb.); Edelist & Spanier, 2009 (Art. Reef); Stern, 2010; Levitt, 2012; Goren, et al., 2016; Karahan et al.,
An updated Checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel, with illustrations of recently recorded species and delineation of Lessepsian migrants
materials_examined
Mediterranean Sea: 13200 - 664 (1 spc.), 16.09.1952, Iskenderun Bay; 13200 - 778 (2 spc.), January 2003, Iskenderun Bay, trawl, C. Dalyan; 13200 - 777 (2 spc.), October 2002, Iskenderun Bay, trawl, C. Dalyan.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
distribution
Distribution. Southern Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 9 May 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, HAB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Alectis alexandrina in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2390565.