Pteragogus flagellifer

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	LABRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pteragogus flagellifer

Species Authority:

(Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Name/s:

English

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Cocktail fish, Cocktail wrasse, Flagfin wrasse, Wrasse

Synonym/s:

Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839

Daymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839)

Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839)

Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839)

Pteragogus flagelliferum (Valenciennes, 1839)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Sadovy, Y. & Pontillas, J.
Reviewer/s:	Craig, M.T. & Carpenter, K.E.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is widespread in a variety of habitats with no known major threats and therefore is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found from the Red Sea to South Africa, east to Vanuatu, north to southern Japan (Kochi Prefectory),Taiwan, and south to central northwestern Australia (Burgess and Axelrod 1974, Yogo et al. 1986, Parenti and Randall 2000).
Countries:	Native: Australia; Bahrain; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Kuwait; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mauritius; Mozambique; New Caledonia; Oman; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; United Arab Emirates; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Yemen
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common in sheltered bays (Kuiter et al. 2002). There is no population information available for this species. It is very rare in southern Japan (Masuda et al. 1975). It is rare in the Calamianes group of islands, Philippines but this may be because of its cryptic habit (Werner and Allen 2000).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is found among algae patches (especially in mixed Sargassum and seagrasses), soft corals with mixed rubble or rocky reefs (Kuiter 2002). It is seen singly in weedy rocky areas. It sleeps below large rocks and macroalgae. The maximum recorded sizes were 20.0 cm TL (male) and 15 cm TL (female) (Randall 1986), 27 cm (TL) (Masuda et al. 1975).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

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

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.

Citation:	Sadovy, Y. & Pontillas, J. 2010. Pteragogus flagellifer. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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