Pteragogus pelycus

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 pelycus

Species Authority:

Randall, 1991

Common Name/s:

English	–	Sideburn wrasse
French	–	Labre nain d'herbier

Synonym/s:

Cossyphus opercularis Peters, 1855

Pteragogus opercularis (Peters, 1855)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Sadovy, Y., Pollard, D. & Rocha, L.A.
Reviewer/s:	Craig, M.T. & Carpenter, K.E.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This is a small, cryptic and wide ranging species. There are no known major threats except from some minor utilization in the aquarium trade. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the eastern Mediterranean (a Lessepian migrant from the Red Sea) (Golani et al. 2006), from Turkey, Greece and Cyprus (Kaya et al. 2000, Taskavak et al. 2000, Corsini and Economidis 1999, Golani and Sonin 1992, Randall 1981). Its native range is in the western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and the eastern coast of Africa southwards to Durban, South Africa, and around Madagascar and adjacent Indian Ocean Islands.
Countries:	Native: Comoros; Cyprus; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Greece; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Lebanon; Madagascar; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mozambique; Réunion; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Turkey; Yemen
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – western; Mediterranean and Black Sea
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for this species. It is likely common in some parts of its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits seagrass beds at depths from 0.5-28 m (Randall 1981).
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., Pollard, D. & Rocha, L.A. 2010. Pteragogus pelycus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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