Slender Snipe Eel

Nemichthys scolopaceus

Abstract

Slender Snipe Eel Nemichthys scolopaceus has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2007. Nemichthys scolopaceus is listed as Least Concern.


The Red List Assessment i

Golani, D., Massuti, E., Palmeri, A. & Keskin, Ç. 2011. Nemichthys scolopaceus (Mediterranean assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T190214A8783155. 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

Least Concern  

Date assessed

16 November 2007

Year published

2011

Annotations

Needs updating

Assessment Information in detail

Geographic Range

Native

Extant (resident)

Algeria; American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cayman Islands; Chile; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Monaco; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Portugal; Russian Federation; Réunion; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; 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; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen

Number of locations

Upper depth limit

90 metres

Lower depth limit

2,000 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

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

Habitat and Ecology in detail

Threats

Threats in detail

Use and Trade

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