Chaetodipterus zonatus

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	EPHIPPIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chaetodipterus zonatus

Species Authority:

(Girard, 1858)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Pacific spadefish, Pacific spadefish (FB)
French	–	Disque du Pacifique
Spanish	–	Camiseta, Chambo, Chavela café, Leonora, Paguala, Paguala peluquero, Paguala peruquero, Peluquero

Synonym/s:

Ephippus zonatus Girard, 1858

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Collette, B., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E. & Guzman-Mora, A.G.
Reviewer/s:	Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B. & Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species has a wide distribution, no major threats, and occurs in Marine Protected Areas. Therefore, this species is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This eastern Pacific species is found from southern California to the Gulf of California to northern Peru, and Malpelo.
Countries:	Native: Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; United States
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

Population:	This is locally common in small aggregations.This fish was reported with an abundance of 0.01 (SD 0.08) in surveys in Gulf of Papagayo Costa Rica (Dominici-Arosemena et al. 2005). In Gulf of Nicoya, this fish was found 45 times in one mangrove area, and is considered transient (Rojas et al. 1994). Although this species was not encountered in surveys in the Gulf of California (Aburto-Oropeza and Balart, 2001; Villarreal-Cavazos et al. 2000), it has been captured 3 times within 12 field surveys (one each month), in Bahia de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico (Rojo-Vazquez et al. 2001).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Population:

This is locally common in small aggregations.This fish was reported with an abundance of 0.01 (SD 0.08) in surveys in Gulf of Papagayo Costa Rica (Dominici-Arosemena et al. 2005). In Gulf of Nicoya, this fish was found 45 times in one mangrove area, and is considered transient (Rojas et al. 1994). Although this species was not encountered in surveys in the Gulf of California (Aburto-Oropeza and Balart, 2001; Villarreal-Cavazos et al. 2000), it has been captured 3 times within 12 field surveys (one each month), in Bahia de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico (Rojo-Vazquez et al. 2001).

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is typically encountered in mid-water adjacent to reefs to 45m. It is reef-associated and is found in small schools, in inshore areas with sandy substrata or coral reefs. It may be found in big schools in oceanic rocky reefs (Dominici-Arosemena and Wolff 2006). This species feeds on benthic invertebrates (De La Cruz Aguero 1997). It has pelagic eggs and larvae (Robertson and Allen 2006). In Gorgona Island, Colombia (Rubio 1986), this species was frequently found in rocky areas and occasionally found in both sandy and coraline substrata. According to Cooke (1992), this fish is occasionally found in middle estuaries, mangroves, and bar-formed lagoons.
Systems:	Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is typically encountered in mid-water adjacent to reefs to 45m. It is reef-associated and is found in small schools, in inshore areas with sandy substrata or coral reefs. It may be found in big schools in oceanic rocky reefs (Dominici-Arosemena and Wolff 2006). This species feeds on benthic invertebrates (De La Cruz Aguero 1997). It has pelagic eggs and larvae (Robertson and Allen 2006). In Gorgona Island, Colombia (Rubio 1986), this species was frequently found in rocky areas and occasionally found in both sandy and coraline substrata. According to Cooke (1992), this fish is occasionally found in middle estuaries, mangroves, and bar-formed lagoons.

Systems:

Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species' distribution includes a number of Marine Protected Areas in the tropical eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006).

Conservation Actions:

There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species' distribution includes a number of Marine Protected Areas in the tropical eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006).

Citation:	Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Collette, B., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E. & Guzman-Mora, A.G. 2010. Chaetodipterus zonatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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