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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known from the Bay of Bengal to Sri Lanka, the Andaman Sea and the Laccadive Sea (Ahyong and Brown 2002). A new species identified by Ahyong and Brown (2002) was previously misidentified as S. phosphorus in the China Sea, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Australia (Galil 2000).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; India (Andaman Is., Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Indian Ocean – eastern
Additional data:
? Lower depth limit (metres): 1354
? Upper depth limit (metres): 200
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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 prefers sandy or muddy substrate (Davie 2002).
Systems: Marine
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): This species faces no major threats.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no conservation measures in place for this species.
Citation: Chan, T.Y. 2011. Stereomastis phosphorus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T185072A8344967. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185072A8344967.en. Downloaded on 20 January 2017.
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