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

Taxa
Lutjanus indicus | Allen, White & Erdmann, 2013
Publication
UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Fishes
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
Lutjanus indicus, previously recorded in the Indian Ocean as L. russellii, has recently been described as a new species (Allen et al. 2013).
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).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
Yes
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).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
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.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
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.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
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).
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Lutjanus indicus Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Perciformes Lutjanidae Lutjanus