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

Taxa
Planiliza persica | (Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995)
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
The taxonomy of species in the Mugilidae family is complex and under revision (Durand and Borsa 2015).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
In UAE waters, this species is only known from juvenile records taken off Dubai (N. Cordero Deatras pers. comm. 2019). On the global-level, it is only known from records taken off Bahrain and Qatar in the Arabian Gulf (Randall 1995, Senou et al. 1996).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
Yes
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species inhabits shallow coastal waters (Carpenter et al. 1997b). It feeds on detritus, algae, and small benthic invertebrates. The maximum total length is 30 cm (Randall 1995, Senou et al. 1996).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This coastal species is only known from juvenile specimens collected in Dubai Creek in the UAE on the Arabian Gulf coast. It is taken in fisheries and the only confirmed specimens on a global-level were collected from Qatar and Bahrain in the 1970s and 1980s. 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
Threats are unknown. Overfishing may be a potential threat.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Planiliza persica Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Mugiliformes Mugilidae Planiliza