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

Taxa
Carangoides bajad | (Forsskål, 1775)
Publication
UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
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, 1999). The depth range is 2 to 70 m (Allen and Erdmann 2012).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
Yes
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species schools in inshore coral and rocky reefs (Grandcourt et al. 2004). It feeds on nekton, crustaceans and finfish (Blaber et al. 1990, Masuda and Allen 1993). The estimated total length at first maturity for females is 24.7 cm and it spawns between May and September, with main spawning activity during June and September (Grandcourt et al. 2004). The maximum fork lengthis 55 cm (Smith-Vaniz 1984).
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 speciesoccurs throughout UAE waters. It is common in UAE fish markets, and is heavily exploited by surrounding countries as well. A 2014 stock assessment for Abu Dhabi considered this species to be overfished. Abu Dhabi catch fluctuated with no clear trend between 2007-2018. An update to the stock assessment is expected in 2020, and until those results are available to compare to the 2014 assessment, its population status is poorly understood; therefore, it is listed as Data Deficient in the UAE. It is recommended to conduct life history studies to estimate generation length and improve fisheries monitoring.
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
Overexploitation is a potential major threat in parts of its range. 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

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Carangoides bajad Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Perciformes Carangidae Carangoides