Taxon name
Carangoides gymnostethus
(Cuvier, 1833)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Carangoides gymnostethus
(Cuvier, 1833)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Species authority
(Cuvier, 1833)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
This species is likely often misidentified as Carangoides fulvoguttatus (W. Smith-Vaniz pers. comm. 2015).
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 reef-associated, pelagic species possibly occurs throughout UAE waters, but has not been recorded there and is only confirmed from a single record in the northern Arabian Gulf. It is taken in fisheries at some level. Until it is confirmed from the UAE, this species is listed as Data Deficient.
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 has not been recorded in UAE waters, but may occur throughout based on the existence of records in the northern Arabian Gulf. Globally, it is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Randall and Anderson 1993, Randall 1995, Randall et al. 2003, Letourneur et al. 2004, Satapoomin 2011, R. Myers pers. comm. 2016). It occurs to 100 m depth (Allen and Erdmann 2012).
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 most commonly occurs over slightly deeper, offshore reefs (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Pereira 2000). Adults are generally solitary, while juveniles form small schools (Randall 1995). Its diet consists of small invertebrates and fishes (Carpenter et al. 1997b) and the maximum total length is 90 cm (Smith-Vaniz 1984).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Threats are poorly understood. 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.
