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Diplectrum macropoma

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES SERRANIDAE

Scientific Name: Diplectrum macropoma
Species Authority: Günther 1864
Common Name/s:
English – Mexican sand perch, Sand perch, Squirrelfish
Spanish – Camotillo, Serrano cagua, Serrano mexicano
Synonym/s:
Centropristis macropoma Günther 1864
Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand 1948

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E., Guzman-Mora, A.G.
Reviewer/s: Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)
Justification:
This species is widespread and is moderately common in the Eastern Pacific. There are no major threats known, and no current indication of widespread population decline. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is endemic to the Eastern Pacific and is found from lower Baja California and the Gulf of California to northern Peru, including the Galapagos Islands.
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: There is no population information for this species. This species is moderately common, and is abundant in the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Panama (FAO 1995). It is not uncommonly caught as bycatch in trawls in Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This demersal species inhabits open mud or sand substrata to depths of 134 m. It feeds on mobile benthic crustaceans and bony fishes. It is a synchronous hermaphrodite (Franke and Acero 1995).
Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats known for this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no known species specific conservation measures. However, this species' distribution overlaps a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Pacific region.
Citation: Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E., Guzman-Mora, A.G. 2010. Diplectrum macropoma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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