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

Taxa

Sardinella albella | (Valenciennes, 1847)

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

Taxon distribution as listed in assessment

This species occurs throughout UAE waters. Globally, it is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific (Whitehead 1985, Paxton et al. 1989, Russell and Houston 1989).According to Stern et al. (2016), no true Sardinella albella occur east of the Bay of Bengal, and those records there may represent misidentifications of S. fimbriata. This species has an estimated depth range of 0 to 50 m.

Habitats and Ecology

Ecological system type

Terrestrial system

Freshwater system

Marine system

Yes

Habitat

Habitat details as listed in assessment

This reef-associated, pelagic species occurs in tropical waters to a depth of 50 m. It also occurs in estuaries and mangroves (Robertson and Duke 1990). It is a schooling species considered to be an epi-pelagic planktivore (Freije and Awadh 2008). This is a short-lived species with a maximum known longevity of less than two years (Holt 1960, Sekharan 1968). It is thought to reach maturity at approximately 10 cm standard length. Its maximum standard length is 14 cm (Whitehead 1985).

Is there a map available in assessment?

Yes

Assessed status

Asessment status in full

Least Concern

Assessment status abreviation

Assessment rationale/justification

This inshore, pelagic speciesoccurs throughout UAE waters. Fishing activity is not expected to be causing population declines approaching a Near Threatened or threatened level at this time. Although, catch is apparently declining slightly in recent years on the eastern coast, and this requires further investigation. 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 approaching a Near Threatened or threatened level 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
Sardinella albella	Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Sardinella