Holothuria fuscocinerea
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Assessment Information
- IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
- Least Concern ver 3.1
- Assessment language
- English
- Year published
- 2013
- Date assessed
- 2010-05-18 00:00:00 UTC
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This species is relatively widespread in the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific, and can be common in some parts of its range. It is not widely fished, and there are no other known threats. It is listed as Least Concern.
Geographic Range
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Population
This species is considered common.
Habitat and Ecology
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This species is found in coral rubble and seagrasses commonly to depths of about 10m, but may be found to 40m. It is a nocturnal species in Kenya (Muthiga et al. 2007).
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Threats
This species is fished in some parts of its range, but is of low commercial value. It is not of commercial value in the Western Central Pacific (Kinch et al. 2008), however, it is of commercial importance in China, Malaysia and the Philippines (Choo 2008). In China, it is of low commercial importance (Chen 2004).
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Although not one of the most important species (low value) for fishery purposes, it can be expected that this species may become more popular after the depletion or reduction of other species of higher commercial importance and value.
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Use trade
This species is fished in some parts of its range, but is of low commercial value. It is not of commercial value in the Western Central Pacific (Kinch et al. 2008), however, it is of commercial importance in China, Malaysia and the Philippines (Choo 2008). In China, it is of low commercial importance (Chen 2004).
Text summary
There are no known species specific conservation measures for this species. This species may be present in some marine protected areas within its range.