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NRLD - 330090 | Pagellus affinis

Assessment ID
330090
Taxon name
Pagellus affinis
Boulenger, 1888
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pagellus affinis
Boulenger, 1888
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
actinopterygii
Order
perciformes
Family
sparidae
Genus
Pagellus
Species
affinis
Species authority
Boulenger, 1888
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
In the UAE, this coastal species occurs only on the Sea of Oman coast. It is taken in small quantities by fishers there and likely elsewhere in waters neighboring the UAE. Fishing activity is not known to be driving population declines at this time; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species occurs in the Sea of Oman waters of the UAE, but does not occur on the Arabian Gulf coast. Globally, it is restricted to the northwestern Indian Ocean from the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf to Pakistan (Y. Iwatsuki pers. comm. 2013).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Yes
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species inhabits a variety of bottom types, but prefers hard bottoms to at least 100 m depth (Carpenter et al. 1997b). It consumes small invertebrates (Sivasubramaniam and Ebrahim 1982). It commonly occurs to 15-25 cm length, with a maximum total length of 37 cm (Sivasubramaniam and Ebrahim 1982, Sommer et al. 1996).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Fishing activity is not known to be driving declines in the UAE at this time.
Publication
UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
Ralph, G.M., Stump, E., Linardich, C., Bullock, R.W., Carpenter, K.E., Allen D.J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Al Mheiri, R., and Alshamsi, O. 2021. UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes. 2021. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.