Cyclopsetta panamensis

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	PLEURONECTIFORMES	PARALICHTHYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cyclopsetta panamensis

Species Authority:

(Steindachner, 1876)

Common Name/s:

English	–	God's flounder, Panamic flounder
French	–	Perpeire met-des-dieux
Spanish	–	Lenguado bocado de dios, Lenguado panámico

Synonym/s:

Azevia panamensis Steindachner, 1876

Citharichthys panamensis Steindachner, 1876

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	van der Heiden, A.
Reviewer/s:	Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B. & Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is widespread in the Eastern Pacific, and is uncommon in at least part of its range. There are no major threats for 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 Baja California and the northern and eastern Gulf of California to Peru.
Countries:	Native: Chile; 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:	There is no available population information for this species. It is uncommon in many parts of its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This benthic species inhabits soft offshore bottoms to depths of 114m, but can also enter fresh waters from shallow estuaries and mangroves (Hensley, 1995; Balart et al. 1997; Robertson and Allen, 2006).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats known for this species. It is important for subsistence fisheries and is utilized fresh (Hensley, 1995). It is also captured as bycatch by shrimp trawlers.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known for this species. It is important for subsistence fisheries and is utilized fresh (Hensley, 1995). It is also captured as bycatch by shrimp trawlers.

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:	van der Heiden, A. 2010. Cyclopsetta panamensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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