The Red List Assessment
Yokes, B., Pollard, D., Bizsel, C. Goren, M. & Kara, M.H. 2011. Ruvettus pretiosus (Mediterranean assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T190432A8795980. Accessed on 04 May 2025.
Population trend
Unknown
Number of mature individuals
Habitat and ecology
Marine Deep Benthic
Geographic range
Distribution data is not mapped for this species.
Assessment Information
IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
Date assessed
16 November 2007
Year published
2011
Annotations
Needs updating
Assessment Information in detail
Geographic Range
Native
Extant (resident)
Albania; Algeria; Angola; Australia; Bahamas; Benin; Bermuda; Brazil; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Cayman Islands; Chile; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Côte d'Ivoire; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Guadeloupe; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malaysia; Malta; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panama; Peru; Philippines; Portugal; Réunion; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; South Africa; Spain; Suriname; Syrian Arab Republic; Togo; Tunisia; Turks and Caicos Islands; Türkiye; United Kingdom; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Virgin Islands, British; Western Sahara
Number of locations
Upper depth limit
65 metres
Lower depth limit
800 metres
Geographic Range in detail
Population
Current population trend
Number of mature individuals
Population severely fragmented
No
Continuing decline of mature individuals
Population in detail
Habitat and Ecology
System
Habitat type
Generation length (years)
Congregatory
Movement patterns
Full Migrant
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat
Habitat and Ecology in detail
Threats
Biological resource use
- Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
Threats 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
External Data
Images and External Links
Images and External Links in detail
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.