Notarius troschelii

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	SILURIFORMES	ARIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Notarius troschelii

Species Authority:

Gill, 1863

Common Name/s:

English	–	Chilisea Catfish
Spanish	–	Bagre Alijora, Bagre Chili

Synonym/s:

Arius brandtii Steindachner, 1877

Arius temminckianus Valenciennes, 1840

Arius troscheli Gill, 1863

Arius troschelii Gill, 1863

Galeichthys brandti Steindachner, 1877

Galeichthys troscheli Gill, 1863

Sciadeops troschelii Gill, 1863

Sciadeops troschellii Gill, 1863

Sciades troschelii Gill, 1863

Tachisurus brandti Steindachner, 1877

Taxonomic Notes:

This species has also recently been listed under the genera Sciadeops and Sciades. Original orthography with 'ii' ending.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Cooke, R., Acero, A. & Betancur, R.
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. & Livingston, F.
Justification: Notarius troschelii has been assessed as Least Concern. This species is widespread in the eastern Pacific region and is common throughout its range. There are no known major threats to this species, and no current indication of population decline.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the eastern Pacific, and is found from the eastern Gulf of California to northern Peru.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – southeast; Pacific – eastern central
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Population [top]

Population:	Notarius troschelii is considered common, based on shrimp trawls and market surveys in the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica, Panama Bay in Panama, and Colombia.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Notarius troschelii lives in coastal and estuarine waters at depths of 10–30 m.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although not considered a major threat to populations at this time, Notarius troschelii is important in commercial fisheries, and is marketed fresh.

Major Threat(s):

Although not considered a major threat to populations at this time, Notarius troschelii is important in commercial fisheries, and is marketed fresh.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place for Notarius troschelii. However, this species' distribution coincides with a number of marine protected areas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region (WDPA 2006).

Conservation Actions:

There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place for Notarius troschelii. However, this species' distribution coincides with a number of marine protected areas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region (WDPA 2006).

Citation:	Cooke, R., Acero, A. & Betancur, R. 2010. Notarius troschelii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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