Taxonomy
Assessment Information
- IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
- Data Deficient ver 3.1
- Assessment language
- English
- Year published
- 2013
- Date assessed
- 2010-05-18 00:00:00 UTC
Geographic Range
Population
This species can be common. Around Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, this species occurs in densities of up to 1-2 animals per 10m2. Higher densities are occasionally observed (Bruckner 2006).
Habitat and Ecology
Around Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, this species occurs in mangrove grassbeds, coral reefs and sandy or silty environments between 1 and 10m. In the Comores, it inhabits rocks in shallow waters between 0 and 2m, however it can be observed up to 30m (Samyn et al. 2006).
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Threats
In the Western Central Pacific, this species does not have commercial value (Kinch et al. 2008). It has commercial importance in China and Indonesia (Choo 2008) and Mexico (Toral-Granda 2008). In Madagascar, it has limited harvesting (Rasolofonirina 2007). This species has potential commercial value in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Bruckner 2006).
This species is harvested for the aquarium trade (Toral-Granda 2007).
| title | scope | timing | score | severity |
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Use trade
In the Western Central Pacific, this species does not have commercial value (Kinch et al. 2008). It has commercial importance in China and Indonesia (Choo 2008) and Mexico (Toral-Granda 2008). In Madagascar, it has limited harvesting (Rasolofonirina 2007). This species has potential commercial value in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Bruckner 2006).
This species is harvested for the aquarium trade (Toral-Granda 2007).