Muraena clepsydra

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	ANGUILLIFORMES	MURAENIDAE

Scientific Name:

Muraena clepsydra

Species Authority:

Gilbert, 1898

Common Name/s:

English	–	Hourglass moray
Spanish	–	Morena de piedra

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	McCosker, J. & Béarez, 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 region. No major threats to this species are known, and there is no current indication of population decline. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Eastern Pacific at the tip of Baja, the east central and southeast Gulf of California, central Mexico, and from El Salvador to northern Peru, including the Revillagigedo, Galapagos, and Malpelo Islands.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This reef-associated species lives in rocky, boulder strewn areas, and walls.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

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

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known for this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

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

Conservation Actions:

There are no known specific conservation measures for this species. However, this species' distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas (WDPA 2006).

Citation:	McCosker, J. & Béarez, P. 2010. Muraena clepsydra. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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