Tripterygion melanurum Guichenot 1850

Tripterygion melanurum Guichenot 1850 —Small black-spotted cave triplefin Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Tripterygion melanurum by Aguillar et al. (2018: 83). Material in collection: FMNH. Distribution. Mediterranean Sea endemic. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 18 June 2014); Med. (LC: 18 June 2014). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.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 98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/398388