| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | LABRIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Polylepion cruentum | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | Gomon, 1977 | |||||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Assessor/s: | Bertoncini, A. |
| Reviewer/s: | Robertson, R. & Craig, M.T. |
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Justification: This species is relatively widespread and lives in waters from 150-200 m deep, however very little is known about this species and it is caught as bycatch and sold in markets. The impact of this threat on this species population is unknown. This species is therefore listed as Data Deficient. |
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| Range Description: | This species is found in the eastern central Pacific, from Mexico to Nicaragua, including Cocos Island. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – eastern central
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| Population: | There is no population information available for this species. Specimens are known from bycatch records. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
This species is found over sandy bottoms associated with gravel and rocky reefs from 150 to 200 m. Red above, whitish below, three or four yellow horizontal stripes on upper sides, curved yellow stripes on head, spinous dorsal fin black. Juveniles pink with more yellow stripes and a large black blotch on upper caudal peduncle (Bussing and Sanchez 2004). |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Major Threat(s): | This species is caught as by-catch in industrial trawl fisheries. |
| Conservation Actions: | There are no species specific conservation measures in place. However, species is protected in marine reserves in parts of its range (i.e. Isla del Coco Marine Park, Isla del Caño, Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica), Biosphere Reserve of Isla Marias, Archipelago de Revillagigedo and Huatulco National Park (Mexico). |
| Citation: | Bertoncini, A. 2010. Polylepion cruentum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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