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

Taxa

Scomberoides lysan | (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, Randall et al. 2003, Grandcourt2012). The depth range is 1 to 100 m (Smith-Vaniz 1986).

Habitats and Ecology

Ecological system type

Terrestrial system

Freshwater system

Marine system

Yes

Habitat

Habitat details as listed in assessment

Thiscoastal species inhabits shallow lagoons, seaward reefs and neritic waters over sandstone with coral, mud, and sand and over offshore areas to depths of 100 m (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Lieske and Myers 1994, De Bruin et al. 1994). It can also occur in estuaries (Blaber and Cyrus 1983). This speciesoccurs singly or in small schools (Randall 1995). The adult diet consists of fishes and small crustaceans and juveniles feed on the scales and epidermal tissues of other fishes (Smith-Vaniz 1984).The maximum total length is 110 cm (Daget and Smith-Vaniz 1986).

Is there a map available in assessment?

Yes

Assessed status

Asessment status in full

Least Concern

Assessment status abreviation

Assessment rationale/justification

This inshore, pelagic speciesis common in parts of UAE waters. Fishing activity is not expected to be causing population declines at this time. There are no known major threats; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern in the UAE.

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 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
Scomberoides lysan	Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Carangidae	Scomberoides