| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | ANGUILLIFORMES | CONGRIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Heteroconger digueti | ||||||
| Species Authority: | (Pellegrin, 1923) | ||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Taenioconger digueti Pellegrin, 1923
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| Taxonomic Notes: | May include Heteroconger canabus in its synonomy. | ||||||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Assessor/s: | McCosker, J., Béarez, P., and Lea, B. |
| Reviewer/s: | Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team) |
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Justification: This species is restricted to the Gulf of California and central Mexico with an area of occupancy of less than 2,500 km2. However, it can be locally common, and there are no major threats currently known for this species. It is listed as Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | This species is distributed from the Gulf of California to central Mexico. Given its specific habitat-type that is associated with shallow sandy intra-reef areas, it has an estimated area of occupancy of less than 2,500 km2. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Mexico
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – eastern central
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| Population: | This species was reported to be rare in surveys of the Gulf of California, where relative abundance was lower than 0.01% of the fish community (Arburto-Oropeza and Balart 2001). However, this species is commonly observed by scuba divers and may exist in abundant colonies. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This demersal fish primarily occurs on clean flat, sloping sandy substrate and reef edges, forming large colonies on sandy areas near shallow reefs. |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats known for this species. |
| Conservation Actions: | There are no known specific conservation measures for this species. However, the species' distribution overlaps with several Marine Protected Areas in the eastern tropical Pacific region (WDPA 2006). |
| Citation: | McCosker, J., Béarez, P., and Lea, B. 2010. Heteroconger digueti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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