Taxon name
Lutjanus indicus
Allen, White & Erdmann, 2013
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lutjanus indicus
Allen, White & Erdmann, 2013
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Species authority
Allen, White & Erdmann, 2013
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Lutjanus indicus, previously recorded in the Indian Ocean as L. russellii, has recently been described as a new species (Allen et al. 2013).
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 distributed in the northern Indian Ocean from the Arabian Gulf to eastern India to western Thailand (Allen et al. 2013, Pal et al. 2014, Mohanty et al. 2015, Joshi et al. 2016, Kondamudi et al. 2017, Torquato et al. 2017). Records of Lutjanus russellii from the southern Red Sea, Zanzibar, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius (Allen and Talbot 1985, Randall 1995) were provisionally included as records of L. indicus in the species description, but this needs further study (Allen et al. 2013). Its depth range is 5 to 50 m (Allen et al. 2013).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This migratory, marine and brackish water species inhabits coral reefs and continental margins. It is often found solitary or in small groups (Allen et al. 2013, Mohanty et al. 2015). It is suspected that juveniles can occur in the lower reaches of freshwater streams and in brackish mangrove estuaries. Its maximum standard length is 29.6 cm (Kondamudi et al. 2017).
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
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.
