Atule mate | UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes

Taxa
Atule mate | (Cuvier, 1833)
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Fishes
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species occurs throughout UAE waters. Globally, it is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Gushiken 1984, Paxton et al. 1989, Graham and Wood 1997). The depth range is 1 to 80 m (Mundy 2005).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
Yes
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This speciesforms schools in coastal waters, including bays, mangroves, estuaries and mud flats (Paxton et al. 1989). It is occasionally observed near reefs and can form very large seasonal aggregations (Carpenter et al. 1997a). The maximum total length is 30 cm (Smith-Vaniz 1984) and the size at first maturity is about 17 cm (Kasim 2003).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This inshore, pelagic speciesis common throughout UAE waters and is taken in fisheries. Catch on the eastern coast has declined significantly over at least the past decade or more. Catch in Abu Dhabi declined by 91% over the past 13 years, but this decline is expected to be caused at least partially by reduced fishing effort. A stock assessment conducted in 2012 for Abu Dhabi did not consider it overexploited at that time, and an update to the stock assessment was not able to be completed due to the lack of individuals available at the market to sample. It is taken in fisheries elsewhere in the Gulf and Sea of Oman region as well. Due to the potential major threat from overfishing and the very poor understanding of its population status in the UAE, it is listed as Data Deficient.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Fishing activity is not known to be driving declines in the UAE at this time. Corals in the UAE and Arabian Gulf have severely declined due to the increasing frequency of mass bleaching events caused by rising water temperatures, which is a consequence of climate change, as well as pervasive coastal development (Riegl et al. 2018, Burt et al. 2019).
Conservation Measures

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Conservation measures notes:
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Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Atule mate Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Perciformes Carangidae Atule