Taxon name
Lutjanus quinquelineatus
(Bloch, 1790)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lutjanus quinquelineatus
(Bloch, 1790)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Species authority
(Bloch, 1790)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
This species has been referred to as Lutjanus spilurus (Allen 1985).
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. Fishing activity is not known to be causing declines in the UAE. There are no known major threats; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern in the UAE.
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 (Allen 1985). Its depth range is 2 to 40 m (Anderson and Allen 2001).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This reef-associated species inhabits sheltered lagoons and exposed, outer slope coral reefs (Anderson and Allen 2001). It is frequently encountered in large aggregations of 100 or more individuals. Juveniles are solitary and inhabit shallow areas in protected bays with algae and rubble substrates (Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001). It feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans (Allen 1984). It reaches a maximum total length of about 38 cm, but is more commonly seen to 20 cm (Anderson and Allen 2001). The maximum ageis 32 years off Australia (Anderson et al. 2003). The age at maturity is 2.9 years, the reproductive lifespan is estimated at 23.9 years and the natural mortality is 0.84 (Martinez-Andrade 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Fishing activity is not known to be driving population 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
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.
