Omobranchus fasciolatus

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	BLENNIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Omobranchus fasciolatus

Species Authority:

(Valenciennes, 1836)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Arab Blenny

Synonym/s:

Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836

Omobranchus striatus (Jatzow and Lenz, 1898)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Chao, N.L., Fricke, R., McEachran, J. & Williams, J.
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. & Livingston, F.
Justification: Omobranchus fasciolatus has been assessed as Least Concern. This broadly distributed species is known from a number of habitat types and is not known to face any major threats. It has been described as common in areas of its range.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Omobranchus fasciolatus is distributed from Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius northwards along the east African coast to the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Kutch. It is disputed whether this species occurs in the Seychelles (Froese and Pauly 2007).
Countries:	Native: Comoros; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kenya; Madagascar; Mauritius; Mozambique; Oman; Pakistan; Réunion; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; United Arab Emirates; Yemen
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – western
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Population [top]

Population:	Omobranchus fasciolatus is common in shallow estuarine waters.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Omobranchus fasciolatus is a bottom dwelling species associated with volcanic rock and is found in intertidal coastal rocky reefs. This species has occasionally been found on corals. This species is found to a depth of 3 m.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats for Omobranchus fasciolatus.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats for Omobranchus fasciolatus.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place, or needed, for Omobranchus fasciolatus, however it may be found to occur in a number of marine protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place, or needed, for Omobranchus fasciolatus, however it may be found to occur in a number of marine protected areas.

Citation:	Chao, N.L., Fricke, R., McEachran, J. & Williams, J. 2010. Omobranchus fasciolatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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