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Porichthys greenei

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII BATRACHOIDIFORMES BATRACHOIDIDAE

Scientific Name: Porichthys greenei
Species Authority: Gilbert & Starks, 1904
Common Name/s:
English – Greene's midshipman, Shorthead midshipman
Spanish – Sapo cabeza corta, Sapo de Greene

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Collette, B., Acero, A., Betancur, R., Cotto, A., Rojas, P.
Reviewer/s: Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)
Justification:
This species is widespread in the Eastern Pacific region. No major threats to this species are known, and there is no current indication of population decline. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

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

Population: No population information is available for this species.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in shallow waters over soft substrate (Collette 1995).
Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

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

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species' distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region (WDPA 2006).
Citation: Collette, B., Acero, A., Betancur, R., Cotto, A., Rojas, P. 2010. Porichthys greenei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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