|Scientific Name:||Scammarctus batei|
|Species Authority:||(Holthuis, 1946)|
Scyllarus batei Holthuis, 1946
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1|
|Reviewer(s):||Collen, B., Livingstone, S. & Richman, N.|
|Contributor(s):||Batchelor, A., De Silva, R., Dyer, E., Kasthala, G., Lutz, M.L., McGuinness, S., Milligan, H.T., Soulsby, A.-M. & Whitton, F.|
Scammarctus batei has been assessed as Least Concern. This species has a large distribution and is not considered to be commercially viable. Although in some areas it may be harvested in small quantities, this is unlikely to affect the overall population greatly.
|Range Description:||This species is found in the western Indian Ocean, the western central Pacific and the Coral Sea (Holthuis 1991). It is reported off Africa from Madagascar and Mozambique to Djibouti (Holthuis 1991). It is also known from the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea, and in the South China Sea from Taiwan to the Philippines and Indonesia (Holthuis 1991). It has also been reported from northern Australia, Fiji and New Caledonia (Holthuis 2002).|
Native:Australia; Djibouti; Fiji; India; Indonesia (Bali, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Papua, Sulawesi, Sumatera); Kenya; Madagascar; Malaysia (Sabah); Mozambique; New Caledonia; Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Vanuatu; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:||
Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – western central
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There is no population information available for this species.
|Habitat and Ecology:||This species is found on mud and sand substrates, at a depth of 160 to 484 metres but more often between 170 and 210 metres (Holthuis 1991).|
|Use and Trade:||This species is not considered as commercially viable (Holthuis 1991). However, it may be harvested in small quantities using 'baby shrimp trawls' and it has been observed in markets in Taiwan (Holthuis 1991).|
It is unlikely that any major threat is impacting this species.
|Conservation Actions:||There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species.|
|Citation:||Chan, T.Y. 2013. Scammarctus batei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2014.|
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