Planiliza klunzingeri | UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
Taxa
Planiliza klunzingeri | (Day, 1888)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This inshore and estuarine species is not yet confirmed to occur in UAE Arabian Gulf waters, but has been detected in mullet fisheries catch on the Sea of Oman coast. It rarely occurs in the catch, and its population status there is very poorly understood. In addition, the difficulty in distinguishing the mullet species taxonomically and easy confusion with other mullet species in the catch prevents an understanding of their status. It is a commercially important species elsewhere in the Arabian Gulf, and overfishing is considered to have contributed to declines. In addition, habitat loss due to cessation of rivers and coastal development in the Gulf has also caused declines. The status of population(s) outside the UAE is not well-understood, but declines have been recorded in Kuwait, Iran and Bahrain. Little is known on its distribution and population status in UAE waters; therefore, it is listed as Data Deficient. Improvements in fisheries monitoring are needed.
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 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.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Major threats to this species in the Arabian Gulf include overfishing and habitat loss due to cessation of rivers and coastal development (E. Abdulqader, F. Kaymaram, J. Bishop, K. Al-Khalaf, M. Al-Husaini, M. Almukhtar, Q. Alghawzi, S. Alam, and S. Hartmann pers. comm. 2014).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Planiliza klunzingeri | Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | Planiliza |