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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known from East Africa, specifically from the Red Sea to Mozambique, including northern Madagascar, Comoros and Socotra (Holthuis 1991). It is also found in the South China Sea, from Taiwan to the Philippines and Indonesia (Holthuis 1991). Other places where this species is known include Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and China (Holthuis 1991). This species can be found off northern Queensland, Australia and Tamil Nadu, India (Holthuis 1991).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (Queensland); Cambodia; China; Djibouti; Eritrea; India (Tamil Nadu); Indonesia; Kenya; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mozambique; Philippines; Singapore; Somalia; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Viet Nam; Yemen (Socotra)
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
Additional data:
? Lower depth limit (metres): 200
? Upper depth limit (metres): 20
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Population [top]
Population:
There is no population information available for this species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found between 20 and 60 metres, although occasionally at 100 to 200 metres (Holthuis 1991). It perfers mud or sand substrates, that can contain coral, shell grit or rubble (Holthuis 1991).
Systems: Marine
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is not commerically viable, however it is often caught as by-catch (Holthuis 1991, Holthuis 2002).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
This species is occassionally taken as by-catch but this poses no major threat to this broadly distributed species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
There are no conservation measures in place for this species.
Citation: Chan, T.Y. 2011. Petrarctus rugosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170055A6722443. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170055A6722443.en. Downloaded on 05 June 2017.
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