Taxon name
Pomadasys stridens
(Forsskål, 1775)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pomadasys stridens
(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
Data deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This inshore, marine and estuarine species occurs throughout UAE waters. It is apparently less common in the Arabian Gulf, than on the eastern coast. Its occurrence in fish markets has apparently declined over time on the eastern coast. It can be impacted by estuarine degradation (e.g., Egypt). Based on the uncertainty from impacts on estuarine degradation/pollution and the possibility for overfishing on the eastern coast, it is listed as Data Deficient in the UAE. Improvements in fisheries monitoring are needed.
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 restricted to the Western Indian Ocean where it occurs from South Africa to Mozambique (McKay 1984) and the Red Sea to the Arabian Gulf (B. Russell, K. Carpenter and Y. Iwatsuki pers. comm. 2013), Pakistan (Psomadakis et al. 2015) and questionably in western India (Smith and McKay 1986, Iwatsuki et al. 1995). Its depth range is 0-68 m.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This speciesinhabits soft bottoms in coastal waters (Carpenter et al. 1997b), including estuaries (Kamrani et al. 2016). Its maximum total length is 21 cm (Safi et al. 2014). In Iran, the mean total length at first sexual maturity is 19.84 cm (Vahabnezhad et al. 2018).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Overfishing is a potential major threat. The inshore habitats, including estuaries, that this species is dependent on have experienced large-scale degradation in the UAE and surrounding areas. It is susceptible to deformities caused by adverse environmental conditions according to a study conducted off Iran (Alavi-Yeganeh 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.
