Scartichthys gigas

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:

Scartichthys gigas

Species Authority:

(Steindachner, 1876)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Giant blenny
Spanish	–	Borracho, Borracho gigante

Synonym/s:

Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946

Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938

Salarias eques Steindachner, 1898

Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876

Scartichthys xiphiodon Clark, 1938

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Bessudo, S., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P.
Reviewer/s:	Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B. & Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is widespread in the Eastern Pacific. There are no known major threats to this species, and no current indication of population decline. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is found from southern Panama (Hastings, 1995) to southern Chile (Williams, 1990). However, the northern limit of distribution is unclear.
Countries:	Native: Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Panama; Peru
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This demersal, shallow-water species that inhabits rocky coasts (Hastings, 1995).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats known for this species. In some areas, this species is sometimes used to prepare a soup called 'borracho' which evokes slight intoxication and tiredness of short duration (Hastings, 1995).

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known for this species. In some areas, this species is sometimes used to prepare a soup called 'borracho' which evokes slight intoxication and tiredness of short duration (Hastings, 1995).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006).

Conservation Actions:

There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006).

Citation:	Bessudo, S., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. 2010. Scartichthys gigas. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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