NRLD - 330452 | Scomberoides lysan

Assessment ID

330452

Taxon name

Scomberoides lysan

(Forsskål, 1775)

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Taxonomic information

Scientific name

Scomberoides lysan

(Forsskål, 1775)

Assessed taxon level

Species

Higher level taxonomic groupings

Vertebrates

Fishes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

chordata

Class

actinopterygii

Order

perciformes

Family

carangidae

Genus

Scomberoides

Species

lysan

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)

Country ISO code(s)

ARE

Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?

Not_assigned

Conservation Status

Assessed as

Least Concern

Abbreviated status

Criteria system used

IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification

This inshore, pelagic speciesis common in parts of UAE waters. Fishing activity is not expected to be causing population declines at this time. There are no known major threats; therefore, it is listed as Least Concern in the UAE.

Assessment details

Year assessed

2019

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 widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Randall et al. 2003, Grandcourt2012). The depth range is 1 to 100 m (Smith-Vaniz 1986).

Is there a map available in assessment?

Yes

Habitat and systems

Ecological system type

Terrestrial

Not_assigned

Freshwater

Not_assigned

Marine

Yes

Habitat

Habitat details as listed in assessment

Thiscoastal species inhabits shallow lagoons, seaward reefs and neritic waters over sandstone with coral, mud, and sand and over offshore areas to depths of 100 m (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Lieske and Myers 1994, De Bruin et al. 1994). It can also occur in estuaries (Blaber and Cyrus 1983). This speciesoccurs singly or in small schools (Randall 1995). The adult diet consists of fishes and small crustaceans and juveniles feed on the scales and epidermal tissues of other fishes (Smith-Vaniz 1984).The maximum total length is 110 cm (Daget and Smith-Vaniz 1986).

Threats and conservation measures listed

Threats listed in assessment

Fishing activity is not known to be driving 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

UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes

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.