Taxon name
Lutjanus fulviflamma
(Forsskål, 1775)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lutjanus fulviflamma
(Forsskål, 1775)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Species authority
(Forsskål, 1775)
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)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This reef-associated species occurs throughout UAE waters. According to a 2014 stock assessment, the stock of this species off Abu Dhabi was sustainably exploited. Catch declines are expected to reflect fishing effort declines. A stock assessment update expected in 2021 may better explain these declines. Fishing activity is not expected to be causing declines approaching a Near Threatened or threatened level in the UAE at this time; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern with a recommendation to continue fisheries monitoring.
Assessment details
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. Globally, it is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific (Anderson and Allen 2001). Its depth range is 0 to 35 m.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species inhabits a variety of inshore habitats, including coral reefs. Juveniles are sometimes found in mangrove swamps and estuaries (Randall 2005). Adults typically school on coastal reefs and in deep lagoons (Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001). This species is often found in large aggregations with Lutjanus kasmira and L. lutjanus (Lieske and Myers 1994). It consumes fishes, shrimps, crabs and other crustaceans and its maximum total length is 35 cm (Allen 1985). The reproductive lifespan is estimated at 15.5 years (Martinez-Andrade 2003). Spawning in the southern Arabian Gulf occurs from April to June, maximum observed age was 14.3 years and the mean age and size at sexual maturity was 1.6 years and 16.7 cm for males and 1.9 years and 18.7 cm<sub> </sub>for females (Grandcourt et al. 2006). When applying an age at first reproduction of 2 years and longevity of 14.5 years, its estimated generation length is 8.25 years based on the following equation recommended by the IUCN Red List methods: Age at first reproduction + (Age at last reproduction -“ age at first reproduction)/2.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Fishing activity is not known to be driving declines approaching a Near Threatened or threatened level 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
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.
