Anacanthus barbatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	TETRAODONTIFORMES	MONACANTHIDAE

Scientific Name:

Anacanthus barbatus

Species Authority:

Gray, 1830

Common Name/s:

English

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Bearded Leatherjacket, Barbeled leatherjacket, Bearded Filefish, Beardie

Synonym/s:

Psilocephalus barbatus (Gray, 1830)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Hutchins, B.
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.
Justification: Anacanthus barbatus has been assessed as Least Concern. Despite being of minor commercial importance as a food source, this threat is not known across this species entire, broad distribution and is not considered to a have a significant impact on population numbers at present. In addition, this species is known from a range of habitat types and so is unlikely to suffer significant declines as a result of threats to a particular habitat type.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Anacanthus barbatus is distributed from western India, east to the Philippines, and south to northwestern Australia.
Countries:	Native: Australia (Western Australia); India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Lanka Presence uncertain: Bangladesh; Cambodia; Hong Kong; Thailand
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for Anacanthus barbatus.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Anacanthus barbatus has a depth range of 3-8 m and inhabits sandy, weedy areas of coastal reefs. It is also found over open muddy substrates in estuaries as well as deep coastal bays and mangroves. This is a cryptic species found lining up with ropes, seawhips, large stringy-type sponges, as well as mangrove roots.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Anacanthus barbatus is of minor commercial importance (FAO 2001b), and so is not likely to be undergoing a significant population decline. This species may also be impacted by habitat degradation caused by coastal development, however this is only a localised threat and because this species is found in a number of different habitat types this is not considered a major threat.

Major Threat(s):

Anacanthus barbatus is of minor commercial importance (FAO 2001b), and so is not likely to be undergoing a significant population decline.

This species may also be impacted by habitat degradation caused by coastal development, however this is only a localised threat and because this species is found in a number of different habitat types this is not considered a major threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Anacanthus barbatus.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Anacanthus barbatus.

Citation:	Hutchins, B. 2010. Anacanthus barbatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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