Eurypegasus papilio

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	GASTEROSTEIFORMES	PEGASIDAE

Scientific Name:

Eurypegasus papilio

Species Authority:

(Gilbert, 1905)

Common Name/s:

English

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Hawaiian Sea-moth Fish

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Sorensen, M. & Vincent, A.

Reviewer/s:

Curtis, J. & O’Donnell, K.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
E. papilio is listed as Data Deficient due to the lack of information required to assess this species under any of the IUCN criteria. No new information is available on this species since the last listing of Data Deficient in the 1996 IUCN red list. A listing of Data Deficient does not imply that the species is not threatened, but instead that not enough information exists to estimate extinction risk. Research is needed on E. papilio’s habitat requirements, population numbers/trends and fisheries information.

History:

1996	–	Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996	–	Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	E. papilio is known only from the Hawaiian Islands (Tinker 1978).
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – eastern central
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	E. papilio inhabits moderately deep benthic environments (Palsson and Pietsch 1989). Larvae and juveniles are often collected in neuston and plankton nets, and midwater research trawls (Palsson and Pietsch 1989).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to this species are not known.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to this species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	E. papilio may occur in a number of Hawaiian marine protected areas including Ahihi-kinau, Hanauma Bay, Manele-Huloppe and Waikiki (Wood 2007), but the presence of E. papilio in these protected areas is yet to be determined.

Conservation Actions:

E. papilio may occur in a number of Hawaiian marine protected areas including Ahihi-kinau, Hanauma Bay, Manele-Huloppe and Waikiki (Wood 2007), but the presence of E. papilio in these protected areas is yet to be determined.

Citation:	Sorensen, M. & Vincent, A. 2010. Eurypegasus papilio. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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