Antigonia combatia

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	CAPROIDAE

Scientific Name:

Antigonia combatia

Species Authority:

Berry & Rathjen, 1959

Common Name/s:

English	–	Boarfish, Shortspine Boarfish
French	–	Sanglier Rond
Spanish	–	Ochavo Redondo, Pez Combatia

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Auster, P.
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: Antigonia combatia has been assessed as Least Concern owing to its large distribution in the western central Atlantic. Although occasionally harvested as a food source, this species is of minor commercial importance and there are no other known major threats. Due to the deep-water nature of this species it is unlikely to be affected by coastal development and pollution from urban centres.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Antigonia combatia is known from the western central Atlantic ranging from New Jersey, USA to northern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Countries:	Native: Bahamas; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; French Guiana; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Venezuela
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – western central
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for Antigonia combatia.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Antigonia combatia is a benthopelagic species found within the upper continental shelf at a depth range of 120 - 600 m. This species feeds on small invertebrates.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Antigonia combatia is occasionally landed as a food source but is not of any major commercial importance. There are no known major threats for this species. Due to its deep-water nature it is unlikely to be impacted by many human-induced and climatic threats.

Major Threat(s):

Antigonia combatia is occasionally landed as a food source but is not of any major commercial importance. There are no known major threats for this species. Due to its deep-water nature it is unlikely to be impacted by many human-induced and climatic threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Antigonia combatia.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Antigonia combatia.

Citation:	Auster, P. 2010. Antigonia combatia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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