Taxon name
Elagatis bipinnulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Elagatis bipinnulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Species authority
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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
In the UAE, this pelagic speciesoccurs only in the Sea of Oman. It is commercially and recreationally exploited in UAE waters, but little information on catch is available. It is frequently taken as bycatch in tuna purse seine fisheries in the Sea of Oman. Fishing is not known to be causing large-scale declines at this time; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern in the UAE. It is recommended to improve fisheries monitoring of this species.
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
In UAE waters, this species occurs only in the Sea of Oman. There are no confirmed records from the Arabian Gulf (W. Smith-Vaniz pers. comm. 2013). Elsewhere, it is circumtropically distributed in tropical waters (Smith-Vaniz 2002, Simon et al. 2013, Friedlander et al. 2014, Smith-Vaniz 2016). The depth range is 1-150 m (Lieske and Myers 1994).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This pelagic species occurs mainly near the surface, over reefs and sometimes offshore (Berry 1969). It may form large schools and prey items include invertebrates and fish. The maximum size is 107 cm fork length, but is common to 80 cm (Smith-Vaniz 2002). Its depth range is 1-150 m (Lieske and Myers 1994). Spawning is thought to occur throughout the year in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic (Okiyama 1970, Aprieto 1974, Yesaki 1979).
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.
