NRLD - 330133 | Selar crumenophthalmus

Assessment ID

330133

Taxon name

Selar crumenophthalmus

(Bloch, 1793)

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Taxonomic information

Scientific name

Selar crumenophthalmus

(Bloch, 1793)

Assessed taxon level

Species

Higher level taxonomic groupings

Vertebrates

Fishes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

chordata

Class

actinopterygii

Order

perciformes

Family

carangidae

Genus

Selar

Species

crumenophthalmus

Species authority

(Bloch, 1793)

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

Criteria system used

IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification

This inshore and offshore, 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.

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 throughout UAE waters. Elsewhere, it is circumglobally distributed in tropical and subtropical waters (Simon et al. 2013, Wirtz et al. 2014). Its depth range is 1-170 m.

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 forms large inshore schools, usually in shallow waters (Smith-Vaniz 1984). It also occurs over shallow reefs or in turbid water. It can be associated with Whale Sharks (W. Smith-Vaniz pers. comm. 2013). Maximum size is to 27 cm standard length, but is common to ~24 cm fork length (Smith-Vaniz 2002). It feeds mostly at night on large planktonic animals; juveniles feed mostly on crustaceans (euphasiids, decapods) and adults are active predators of fish larvae and early juveniles (Roux and Conand 2000). In Hawaii, size at maturity is <20 cm standard length (Clarke and Privitera 1995). Its life cycle is rapid and short (Roos et al. 2007).

Threats and conservation measures listed

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).

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.