Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Perciformes | Chaetodontidae |
Scientific Name: | Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831) | |||
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Synonym(s): |
Chaetodon oligacanthus Bleeker, 1850
Chaetodon townleyi De Vis, 1884
Parachaetodon osceillatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Platax ocellatus Cuvier, 1831
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Date Assessed: | 2009-10-06 |
Assessor(s): | Rocha, L.A., Allen, G. & Myers, R. |
Reviewer(s): | Elfes, C., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. & Carpenter, K.E. |
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, there are no major threats and because the population is unlikely to be declining. |
Range Description: | This Indo-Pacific species is distributed from India and Sri Lanka eastward throughout the Indo-Malayan region northward to the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (= Bonin) (Japan), Fiji, southward to the Great Barrier Reef and New South Wales (Australia) (Pyle 2001, G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). It is found at depths of 3-95 m. | ||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: Australia; Cambodia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam | ||||
FAO Marine Fishing Areas: | Native: Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central | ||||
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Population: | It is generally common with stable populations (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | This species is found in coastal and inner reef habitats, often in sandy or silty flat-bottom areas littered with sponge growth. Animals are sometimes found among seagrass. Generally occurs in pairs. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates and possibly sponges (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). |
Systems: | Marine |
Use and Trade: | Almost never exported through the aquarium trade (Pyle 2001). It is difficult to maintain in an aquarium (Steene 1978). |
Major Threat(s): | There appear to be no major threats to this species (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). |
Conservation Actions: |
There appear to be no species-specific conservation measures in place. This species is believed to be present within a number of marine protected areas. |
Citation: | Rocha, L.A., Allen, G. & Myers, R. 2010. Parachaetodon ocellatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T165661A6083782. . Downloaded on 20 April 2018. |
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