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

Taxa
Elagatis bipinnulata | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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
In UAE waters, this species occurs only in the Sea of Oman. There are no confirmed records from the Arabian Gulf (W. Smith-Vaniz pers. comm. 2013). Elsewhere, it is circumtropically distributed in tropical waters (Smith-Vaniz 2002, Simon et al. 2013, Friedlander et al. 2014, Smith-Vaniz 2016). The depth range is 1-150 m (Lieske and Myers 1994).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
Yes
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This pelagic species occurs mainly near the surface, over reefs and sometimes offshore (Berry 1969). It may form large schools and prey items include invertebrates and fish. The maximum size is 107 cm fork length, but is common to 80 cm (Smith-Vaniz 2002). Its depth range is 1-150 m (Lieske and Myers 1994). Spawning is thought to occur throughout the year in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic (Okiyama 1970, Aprieto 1974, Yesaki 1979).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
In the UAE, this pelagic speciesoccurs only in the Sea of Oman. It is commercially and recreationally exploited in UAE waters, but little information on catch is available. It is frequently taken as bycatch in tuna purse seine fisheries in the Sea of Oman. Fishing is not known to be causing large-scale declines at this time; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern in the UAE. It is recommended to improve fisheries monitoring of this species.
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 approaching a Near Threatened or threatened level 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

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Elagatis bipinnulata Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Perciformes Carangidae Elagatis