| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | ANGUILLIFORMES | OPHICHTHIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Ophichthus melope | |||
| Species Authority: | McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 | |||
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| 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 known from Costa Rica and Colombia in the Eastern Pacific region. No major threats to this deep water species are known, and there is no current indication of population decline. It is listed as Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | This species is found in the Eastern Pacific in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica and Colombia (McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Colombia; Costa Rica
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – southeast; Pacific – eastern central
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| Population: | No population information is available for this species. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species lives on benthic-soft substrate in deeper waters from 100 to 240m. |
| 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. |
| Citation: | McCosker, J., Béarez, P., and Lea, B. 2010. Ophichthus melope. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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