Oarfish

Regalecus glesne

Abstract

Oarfish Regalecus glesne has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2007. Regalecus glesne is listed as Data Deficient.


The Red List Assessment i

Pollard, D., Massuti, E., Palmeri, A. & Keskin, Ç. 2011. Regalecus glesne (Mediterranean assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T190378A8790372. Accessed on 27 April 2025.

Last assessed

16 November 2007

Scope of assessment

Mediterranean

Population trend

Unknown

Number of mature individuals

Habitat and ecology

Marine Oceanic

Geographic range

    Distribution data is not mapped for this species.

Assessment Information

IUCN Red List Category and Criteria

Data Deficient  

Date assessed

16 November 2007

Year published

2011

Annotations

Needs updating

Assessment Information in detail

Geographic Range

Native

Extant (resident)

Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; Bahamas; Barbados; Benin; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Côte d'Ivoire; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Grenada; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Iceland; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Kenya; Kiribati; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malta; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Monaco; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Pitcairn; Portugal; Réunion; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Suriname; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; Türkiye; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Virgin Islands, British; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen

Number of locations

Upper depth limit

20 metres

Lower depth limit

1,000 metres

Geographic Range in detail

Population

Current population trend

Unknown

Number of mature individuals

Population severely fragmented

No

Continuing decline of mature individuals

Population in detail

Habitat and Ecology

System

Habitat type

Marine Oceanic

Generation length (years)

Congregatory

Movement patterns

Full Migrant

Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat

Habitat and Ecology in detail

Use and Trade

Food - human

Local: ✔
National: ✔
International: ✘
Use and Trade in detail

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions in detail

Bibliography

Red List Bibliography
Green Status Bibliography

External Data

CITES Legislation from Species+

Data source

The information below is from the Species+ website.

CITES Legislation from Species+ in detail

Ex situ data from Species360

Data source

The information below is from Species360's Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS).

Ex situ data from Species360 in detail

Studies and Actions from Conservation Evidence

Data source

The information below is from the Conservation Evidence website.

Studies and Actions from Conservation Evidence in detail