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

Taxa
Carangoides gymnostethus | (Cuvier, 1833)
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
Taxonomic Notes
This species is likely often misidentified as Carangoides fulvoguttatus (W. Smith-Vaniz pers. comm. 2015).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species has not been recorded in UAE waters, but may occur throughout based on the existence of records in the northern Arabian Gulf. Globally, it is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Randall and Anderson 1993, Randall 1995, Randall et al. 2003, Letourneur et al. 2004, Satapoomin 2011, R. Myers pers. comm. 2016). It occurs to 100 m depth (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 reef-associated species most commonly occurs over slightly deeper, offshore reefs (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Pereira 2000). Adults are generally solitary, while juveniles form small schools (Randall 1995). Its diet consists of small invertebrates and fishes (Carpenter et al. 1997b) and the maximum total length is 90 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 reef-associated, pelagic species possibly occurs throughout UAE waters, but has not been recorded there and is only confirmed from a single record in the northern Arabian Gulf. It is taken in fisheries at some level. Until it is confirmed from the UAE, this species 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
Threats are poorly understood. 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 gymnostethus Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Perciformes Carangidae Carangoides