Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814 —Giant goby Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Gobius cobitis Pallas 1811 by George et al. (1964: 23); subsequently recorded as Gobius cobitis Pallas by Mouneimné (1977: 65); as Gobius cobitis Pallas 1811 by Mouneimné (2002: 215–216); recently recorded as Gobius cobitis by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628). Material in collection:AUBM, BMNH and USNM. Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: southern Ireland and southern England south to Morocco; Red Sea: recorded as NIS from the Gulf of Suez. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 11 March 2014); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, HAB, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. 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 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887