Arnoglossus imperialis

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	PLEURONECTIFORMES	BOTHIDAE

Scientific Name:

Arnoglossus imperialis

Species Authority:

(Rafinesque, 1810)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Imperial Scaldfish, Scaldfish
French	–	Arnoglosse Impérial
Spanish	–	Peluda, Peluda Imperial, Serrandel Imperial, Tapaculos

Synonym/s:

Arnoglossus blachei Stauch, 1965

Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862

Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810

Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Munroe, T.A.
Reviewer/s:	Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M.
Contributor/s:	De Silva, R., Milligan, H., Lutz, M., Batchelor, A., Jopling, B., Kemp, K., Lewis, S., Lintott, P., Sears, J., Wilson, P. & Smith, J. and Livingston, F.
Justification: Arnoglossus imperialis has been assessed as Least Concern. This broadly distributed is common in areas of its range and occupies a number of habitat types so is likely to have a relatively continuous distribution. This species is reportedly taken as by-catch by fisheries operating within its range and further research of this should be carried out to determine to what extent it is being harvested.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Arnoglossus imperialis ranges from Scotland south to Angola, including the Azores. This species is also known from the Mediterranean Sea.
Countries:	Native: Albania; Algeria; Angola (Angola); Benin; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; France; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Liberia; Libya; Malta; Mauritania; Monaco; Morocco; Namibia; Nigeria; Portugal; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Spain; Syrian Arab Republic; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; United Kingdom; Western Sahara
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – southeast; Mediterranean and Black Sea
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Population [top]

Population:	Arnoglossus imperialis is reported to be most common around the Angola/ Congo region.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Arnoglossus imperialis is a demersal species that has a depth range of 20-350 m. It is found on sand, mud, shell and coral substrates. Its diet consists of polychaete, though like many species in the genus, it probably consumes mainly benthic crustaceans (Jardas and Pallaoro 1987).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	According to a survey of Portuguese fishing, Arnoglossus imperialis is occasionally discarded as by-catch during crustacean trawling, demersal purse seine fishing, mid-water trawling (Borges et al. 2001) however this is unlikely to be driving significant declines across this species entire range.

Major Threat(s):

According to a survey of Portuguese fishing, Arnoglossus imperialis is occasionally discarded as by-catch during crustacean trawling, demersal purse seine fishing, mid-water trawling (Borges et al. 2001) however this is unlikely to be driving significant declines across this species entire range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Arnoglossus imperialis, however its distribution range may cover a number of marine protected areas including the Iona National Park off Angola. Further research on the extent to which this species is harvested is required.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Arnoglossus imperialis, however its distribution range may cover a number of marine protected areas including the Iona National Park off Angola.

Further research on the extent to which this species is harvested is required.

Citation:	Munroe, T.A. 2010. Arnoglossus imperialis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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