Maculabatis randalli | UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
Taxa
Maculabatis randalli | (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore, 2012)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is currently deemed to be endemic to the Arabian Gulf, and in the UAE, occurs on the Gulf coast. This species is not targeted or valued in markets of the UAE, trawling has been banned there since 1980 and recently conducted surveys indicate it remains relatively common in the area. It is common in shallow waters throughout the Gulf. It is likely discarded as bycatch in trawl and gill net fisheries. Declines approaching a Near Threatened or threatened level are not suspected at this time; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern. The loss and modification of coastal habitats in the UAE area may represent a significant concern, and this requires further study.
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 specifics
IUCN v3.1
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.
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Endemism specifics: Endemic to the Arabian Gulf
Endemism specifics: Endemic to the Arabian Gulf
Threats listed in assessment
The main threat to this species is incidental capture in trawl and gillnet fisheries. Marine habitats in the Gulf are experiencing high levels of disturbance and quickly deteriorating due to major impacts from development activities (including dredging and reclamation), desalination plants, industrial activities, habitat destruction through the removal of shallow productive areas and major shipping lanes (Sheppard et al. 2010).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Maculabatis randalli | Animalia | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Myliobatiformes | Dasyatidae | Maculabatis |