| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | OPHIDIIFORMES | OPHIDIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Benthocometes robustus | ||||||
| Species Authority: | (Goode & Bean, 1886) | ||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Neobythites robustus Goode & Bean, 1886
Pteridium armatum Döderlein, 1886
Sirembo muraenolepis Vaillant, 1888
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Assessor/s: | Nielsen, J.G. |
| Reviewer/s: | Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M. |
| Contributor/s: | De Silva, R., Milligan, H., Lutz, M., Batchelor, A., Jopling, B., Kemp, K., Lewis, S., Lintott, P., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Smith, J. and Livingston, F. |
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Justification: Benthocometes robustus ahs bee Least Concern has been made for The deepwater nature of this species is likely to protect it from human-induced and climatic threats. |
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| Range Description: | Benthocometes robustus has been found in the tropical west Atlantic, around northwest Africa, the western Mediterranean Sea, Balearic Sea, southern Sardinia, the Adriatic, eastern Ionian Sea, and off Cyprus. In 1994 this species was also described from southern Brazil (Haimovici et al. 1994). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Albania; Brazil; Cuba; Cyprus; Greece (East Aegean Is. - Presence Uncertain, Kriti - Presence Uncertain); Honduras; Italy (Sardegna, Sicilia); Jamaica; Malta; Montenegro; Nicaragua; Panama; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain (Baleares, Canary Is.); Tunisia; United States; Venezuela; Western Sahara
Presence uncertain:
Algeria; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Croatia; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Egypt; France (Corse); French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Martinique; Mauritania; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Syrian Arab Republic; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – eastern central; Mediterranean and Black Sea
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| Population: | Benthocometes robustus has been noted as common (Nielsen et al. 1999) but uncommon in the Mediterranean region (Bilecenoglu et al. 2006). |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This is a benthopelagic species mainly found between depths of 500-1,000 m. However, it can be found at a wider ranging depth profile of 385 - 1,200 m. Species of the family Ophidiidae are oviparous and the larvae of this species are epipelagic (Nielsen 1999). |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Major Threat(s): | It is unlikely that any major threat is impacting Benthocometes robustus, due to the deep-water nature of this species. |
| Conservation Actions: | There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place, or needed, for Benthocometes robustus. |
| Citation: | Nielsen, J.G. 2010. Benthocometes robustus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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