DD

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

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
The Spadenose Shark occurs in UAE waters on the Sea of Oman, but is very poorly known there. It is reported as a dominant species in landings in Pakistan and India and is particularly susceptible to inshore fisheries. Due to its limited fecundity, concern exists that ongoing increases in catches will lead to recruitment overfishing. Intensive and increasing fishing means that, like many other species, populations have likely declined. Little is known on the population of this species in UAE waters and given that its distribution there remains uncertain, it is listed as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The Spadenose Shark occurs in UAE waters on the Sea of Oman coast, and potentially the Arabian Gulf coast. Its presence in the Arabian Gulf is unclear, but historic records suggest it may occur there (Wright et al. 1990). Extensive market and fishery surveys have failed to identify it there (Moore et al. 2012, Jabado et al. 2015). Globally, it is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Ebert et al. 2013).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Fishes
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
Yes
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Scoliodon laticaudus | Müller & Henle, 1838

SIS Taxon ID
169234201
Phylum
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Scoliodon laticaudus
Authority
Müller & Henle, 1838
Is SIS
On

Taxonomic Notes

Taxonomic Notes
The genus Scoliodon, represented by S. laticaudus, was previously considered monotypic but now consists of three species with S. macrorhynchus resurrected from the junior synonym of S. laticaudus (White et al. 2010).

Chesneya parviflora | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
There is limited information regarding Chesneya parviflora and its distribution within the UAE. Although this species has been recorded from the southern edge of the Ru'us al-Jibal and the Dibba zone, detailed distribution data is lacking. Furthermore, the threats to this species are currently unknown and there is more to learn about its habitat and ecology. Therefore, this species is currently assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, this species has been recorded from a single locality at low altitude in the southeast of the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). There are reportedly other scattered specimens within the adjacent Dibba zone, although the plant does not seem to generally occur in the Hajar Mountains (Feulner 2011). Present in northern Oman at c. 2,500 m (Ghazanfar pers. comm. 2019). Globally, this species occurs from Pakistan to Iran (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Plants of the World Online does not list the UAE as a native country of occurrence for this species, but its occurrence in the Hajar Mountains is consistent with an Oman-Makran distribution, characteristic of many other species of regional plants and animals.

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Chesneya parviflora | Jaub. & Spach

SIS Taxon ID
157975174
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Chesneya parviflora
Authority
Jaub. & Spach
Is SIS
On

Bromus pectinatus | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
Although this species has been recorded from two specific localities within the UAE, detailed data on its distribution in the country is required. For now, it is assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, this species has been recorded from just below the summit of Jebel Al-Iyeli (c.1,000 m elevation) and from Wadi Helo (Feulner 2014, El-Keblawy et al. 2016), two nearby localities in the Olive Highlands. The global range of this species is Sahara to Kenya, Madagascar according to Plants of the World online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019), whilst Naderi and Rahiminejad (2015) give the distribution as South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Morocco and Yemen. However, Plants of the World Online does not list the UAE as a native country of occurrence of this species.

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Bromus pectinatus | Thunb.

SIS Taxon ID
151415503
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Bromus pectinatus
Authority
Thunb.
Is SIS
On

Strigosella africana | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is known from a small number of records from prior to 2000. Little is known of the species, and it is considered Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Few records of this species are known from the UAE. Jongbloed et al. (2003) provided records of this species (as Malcolmia africana) in Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah, and Jebel Hafeet. The only locality in the Ru'us al-Jibal known to G.R. Feulner (in litt, MEW 2010) is within Oman, rather than the UAE. The species is known from adjacent parts of Oman (Jebel Qiwi (Qawha); <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00384215"">RBGE Herbarium</a>: north slope of Jebel Qawah in the Ru'us al-Jibal; coll. R.A. Western, 1988). The global range of this species is around much of the Mediterranean region, through the Arabian Peninsula, and east to Central Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Strigosella africana | (L.) Botsch.

SIS Taxon ID
145720823
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Strigosella africana
Authority
(L.) Botsch.
Is SIS
On

Cyperus pseuderemicus | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is apparently known from two records in the UAE, from urban areas close to Dubai, however, its distribution is obscured by confusion with other members of the genus. Whilst the species may be native to the UAE, it has to be suspected that it occurs as the result of introduction. Further research is required for this species to confirm its origin, current distribution, population size and population trend; it is currently considered as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The species is apparently known from two records in the UAE, with its occurrence and distribution obscured by confusion with other members of the genus. The two know records are held by RBG Edinburgh Herbarium; (i) <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00209884"">10 km east (inland) from Jumeirah, Dubai</a>, 1986, and (ii) <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00209883"">Mushrif park, Dubai</a>, 1986. This species was first described in 2005 from Saudi Arabia; it occurs from Iraq through the Arabian Peninsula to Yemen (Väre and Kukkonen 2005).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Cyperus pseuderemicus | Kukkonen & Väre

SIS Taxon ID
145034368
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Cyperus pseuderemicus
Authority
Kukkonen & Väre
Is SIS
On

Digitaria nodosa | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
Although this species is known to occur within a protected area, a general detailed distribution of the species within the UAE is not available, with confusion between different members of the genus. As such it is currently assessed as Data Deficient, pending distribution data to allow a revised assessment.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, this species has been recorded from Wadi Wurayah in addition to the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011), where it is known from a small number of sites such as Wadi Hayl. It is thought that it may also occur in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). This species seems to be found more often at low-medium elevations (Feulner 2011). Globally, the native range for this species spans across Macaronesia, Africa and on to India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Digitaria nodosa | Parl.

SIS Taxon ID
138743128
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Digitaria nodosa
Authority
Parl.
Is SIS
On

Astragalus biabanensis | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
This near-endemic species is little-known in the UAE. The species was cited for the Ajman and Dubai, however these records remain to be confirmed, and it is therefore considered Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Unknown
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Unknown
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species was cited for the UAE by Jongbloed et al. (2000), and Jongbloed et al. (2003) mention records from Ajman and Dubai by A.R.Western and U. Deil. Globally, the species is restricted to the Gulf States and Iran (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Astragalus biabanensis | Širj. & Rech.f.

SIS Taxon ID
138674392
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Astragalus biabanensis
Authority
Širj. & Rech.f.
Is SIS
On

Senna holosericea | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
The records for this species need confirming as it appears that there is disagreement whether it is common or not in the UAE, and, indeed, whether records refer to S. holoserica or to S. alexandrina. It is therefore assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
MEW (2010) state that the species treated by Jongbloed et al. (2003) as Senna alexandrina (from Ras al Khaimah and Rams) in fact refers to S. holoserica, however, this requires confirmation (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019) and the distribution of S. holosericea in the UAE is uncertain. Globally, the native range of this species extends from Somalia and Egypt to the Arabian Peninsula and on to India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Senna holosericea | (Fresen.) Greuter

SIS Taxon ID
138660439
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Senna holosericea
Authority
(Fresen.) Greuter
Is SIS
On

Lotus laricus | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is known from a single, unconfirmed record in the north of the UAE. More detailed distribution data is needed to reassess this species, in addition to information on its current population status. It is assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, the only record comes from the northern mountains, however this needs to be confirmed (MEW 2010). It is possible that this species has been misidentified within the UAE, or that records mentioned by MEW (2010) actually occur within Oman. Globally, this species occurs in Oman and from Iran to Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Plants of the World Online does not list the UAE as native country of occurrence for this species (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Lotus laricus | Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.

SIS Taxon ID
138631301
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Lotus laricus
Authority
Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.
Is SIS
On

Filago griffithii | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Assessed taxon level
Species
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
Assessment year
2019
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria Citation
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.
Assessment rationale/justification
The two records of this species in the UAE are currently unconfirmed and there is little available information for this species. As a result, it is assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, the species was listed for the UAE by Jongbloed et al. (2000). It is recorded from the Ru'us al-Jibal with two known records (Feulner 2011). Due to the lack of confirmed records, the species should be considered as 'uncertain' within the UAE (G.R. Feulner, in litt., MEW 2010). The species was recorded from the Musandam Mountains of northern Oman by Western (1991). The native range of this species encompasses the eastern Mediterranean and Central Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group
Plants

Taxonomic Group Level 2

Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Freshwater system
No
Terrestrial system
No
Marine system
No
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
No
Taxa

Filago griffithii | (A.Gray) Andrés-Sánchez & Galbany

SIS Taxon ID
138628203
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Filago griffithii
Authority
(A.Gray) Andrés-Sánchez & Galbany
Is SIS
On