Endangered
Evynnis cardinalis
Evynnis cardinalis
Evynnis cardinalis is a ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae (order Perciformes), recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
This species has its dorsal fin supported by 12 spines, the third and fourth spines being elongated and filamentous, and 11 or 12 soft rays, while the anal fin is supported by 3 spines and 9 soft rays. The number of scale rows between lateral the line and the fourth dorsal-fin spine is typically 6.5, although it is infrequently 5.5. The overall colour of the body in life is red with silver tints and irregular blue spots along the flanks.
This species has a maximum published total length of 40 cm (16 in) although 20 cm (7.9 in) is more typical.
Range and habitat
Evynnis cardinalis is found in the northwest Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from China, Japan and Korea south to Vietnam and Indonesia. It is mainly found at depths between 30 and 60 m (98 and 197 ft) bur can be found as deep as 100 m (330 ft)over a number of different substrates but it is commonest over reefs and rough areas of seabed. This fish is found in the Western Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Eastern Asia.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
It is an important food fish but is classified by the IUCN as Endangered. The species is threatened by overfishing and in some areas, such as the Beibu Gulf there has been a significant decline in the population and the stock appears to have collapsed. It is thought that over three generations (39 years) the population has suffered at least 50% declined, this is based on the rapid declines observed over shorter periods, these are made worse by the life history characteristics of this species mentioned above.
The IUCN has, therefore classified E, cardinalis as Endangered.
Evynnis cardinalis is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Evynnis cardinalis, Wikidata item Q3334742. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
