Taxon name
Carangoides coeruleopinnatus
(Rüppell, 1830)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Carangoides coeruleopinnatus
(Rüppell, 1830)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Fishes
Species authority
(Rüppell, 1830)
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
In UAE waters, this inshore, pelagic speciesoccurs only in the Sea of Oman, but very little is known, and has been recorded there very rarely. It is also easily confused with other Carangidae species; therefore, it is listed as Data Deficient 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
In the UAE, this species only known from the Sea of Oman. Globally, it is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Smith-Vaniz 1986, Randall and Anderson 1993, Randall 1995, Naomi et al. 2011). The depth range is 10 to 25 m (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 speciesis commonly found over deeper coastal reefs, seagrass beds and coral reefs (Smith-Vaniz 1984, Letourneur et al. 2004, Satapoomin 2011). Due to its rather sluggish nature, this species is rarely found close to the shore (Smith-Vaniz 1984). Itis generally solitary (Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001). The maximum total lengthis 41 cm (Allen and Erdmann 2012).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Threats are poorly understood due to the lack of population information. It may occur in fisheries. 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.
