Halichoeres maculipinna

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	PERCIFORMES	LABRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Halichoeres maculipinna

Species Authority:

(Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Clown wrasse, Slippery okra
Spanish	–	Doncella, Doncella lista negra, Doncella payaso, Loro dientón amarillo

Synonym/s:

Halichoeres maculipinnis (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Julis maculipinna Müller & Troschel, 1848

Taxonomic Notes:

This species was thought to occur along the Brazilian coast, but recent genetic research revealed that coastal Brazilian populations belong to a different species (Rocha 2004).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Rocha, L. & Craig, M.
Reviewer/s:	Sadovy, Y. & Carpenter, K.E.
Justification: This species is widespread in the northwestern Atlantic and is common. There are no major threats known to this species. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Western Atlantic from North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Trinidad and Tobago.
Countries:	Native: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for this species. It is relatively common throughout its range. In Brazil, 183 individuals were exported in 2007 (IBAMA 2007).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is reef associated and is found from 1-30 m. It is abundant on reef tops and in shallow rocky areas. It is also found in Sargassum beds in Venezuela (Cervigon 1993). The tricolored pattern of the initial phase is similar to that of the juveniles of the yellowmouth grouper, Mycteroperca interstitialis, an aggressive mimic (Sazima 2002). It is a protogynous hermaphrodite (Allsop and West 2003). It is generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size (Cervigón et al. 1992). It forms leks during breeding (Allsop and West 2003). Length at sex change = 10.9 cm TL (Allsop and West 2003).
Systems:	Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is reef associated and is found from 1-30 m. It is abundant on reef tops and in shallow rocky areas. It is also found in Sargassum beds in Venezuela (Cervigon 1993).

The tricolored pattern of the initial phase is similar to that of the juveniles of the yellowmouth grouper, Mycteroperca interstitialis, an aggressive mimic (Sazima 2002). It is a protogynous hermaphrodite (Allsop and West 2003). It is generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size (Cervigón et al. 1992). It forms leks during breeding (Allsop and West 2003). Length at sex change = 10.9 cm TL (Allsop and West 2003).

Systems:

Marine

Threats [top]

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

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species. Its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.

Conservation Actions:

There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species. Its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.

Citation:	Rocha, L. & Craig, M. 2010. Halichoeres maculipinna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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