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Anisotremus davidsonii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES HAEMULIDAE

Scientific Name: Anisotremus davidsonii
Species Authority: (Steindachner, 1876)
Common Name/s:
English – Grunt, Sargo, Xantic sargo
Spanish – Burro piedrero, Sargo rayado
Synonym/s:
Anisotremus davidsoni Steindachner, 1876
Pomadasys davidsonii Steindachner, 1876
Pristipoma davidsonii Steindachner, 1876

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Allen, G., Robertson, R. & Lea, B.
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 common in at least part of its range. 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 central California to central Baja, and the northwestern and eastern Gulf of California.
Countries:
Native:
Mexico; United States
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – eastern central
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Population [top]

Population: This species is moderately common in southern California.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This demersal species occurs in coastal waters, frequently in rocky reefs and occasionally over sandy substrate (McKay and Schneider, 1995), often near kelp beds. Juveniles form schools in littoral pools (McKay and Schneider, 1995).
Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats known for this species. However, this species is an important sport fish (Riedel et al. 2002).

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).

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).

McKay, R.J. and Schneider, M. 1995. Haemulidae. Burros, corocoros, chulas, gallinazos, roncos. In: W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds), Guía FAO para la Identificación de Especies para los Fines de la Pesca. Pacífico Centro-Oriental, pp. 1136-1173. FAO, Rome.

Riedel, R., Caskey, L. and Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2002. Fish biology and fisheries ecology of the Salton Sea, California. Hydrobiologia: 229-244.

Robertson, D.R. and Allen, G.R. 2006. Shore fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá.

Steindachner, F. 1876. Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). I. Zur Fischfauna von Panama, Acapulco und Mazatlan. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 74: 49-240.

World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). 2006. World Database on Protected Areas.
Citation: Allen, G., Robertson, R. & Lea, B. 2010. Anisotremus davidsonii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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