Four new records of fishes from the Arabian gulf coast of Iraq
Keywords:
Sciaenidae, Mugilidae, Basrah, range extension, taxonomyAbstract
New records of four fish species from the Arabian Gulf coast of Iraq are reported: Arabian Sea meagre Argyrosomus heinii, Geelbeck croaker Atractocion aequidens, Majan croaker Johnius majan and the wedge snout mullet Osteomugil cunnesius. All specimens were obtained from the Iraqi waters of the Arabian Gulf during fishing survey on the 7th March 2012. The sampling was done during the routine sampling in the northern part of the Arabian Gulf funded by Al-Marifa Fisheries Company during the period September 2011 to May 2012 and it represents a significant contribution to the fish diversity of the northern Arabian Gulf.
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MISRA, K.S. 1947 On a second collection of fish from Iraq. Records of the Indian Museum, 45: 115-127.
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Jahren 1898 bis 1899. Fische von Südarabien und Socotra. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, 39: 316-318.
TREWAVAS, E. 1977 The sciaenid fishes (croakers or drums) of the Indo-West Pacific. Transaction of the Zoological Society of London, 33(4): 253-541.
de Biologie Marine, 55: 431-436.
AL-DAHAM, N.K.1982 Ichthyofauna of Iraq and the Arab Gulf: A check-list. Basrah Natural History
Publication, 4: 1-102.
AL-HASSAN, L.A.J. and AL-BADRI, M.E.H. 1986 First record of some fishes from Khor al-Zubair,
Khor Abdullah and Shatt al-Arab, Basrah, Iraq. Cybium, 10: 295- 297.
AL-HASSAN, L.A.J. and MUHSIN, K.A. 1986 The presence of Barbus luteus and Heteropneustes
fossilis in Khor al-Zubair, North-west of the Arabian Gulf. Zoology in the Middle East, 1(1):
116-118.
BANISTER, K.E. 1980 The fishes of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. p.95-108. In: RÓSKA, J.
Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian ecology and destiny. Monographiae Biologicae. 122pp.
BANISTER, K.E and BUNNI, M.K. 1980 A new blind cyprinid fish from Iraq. Bulletin of the British
Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 38(3): 151-158.
BIANCHI, G.; CARPENTER, K.E.; ROUX, J.-P.; MOLLOY, F.J.; BOYER, F.J.; BOYER, H J. 1993
FAO Species Identification Field Guide for FisheriesPurposes. The Living Marine Resources of
Namibia. FAO, Rome. I-viii + 1-250, I-VII.
CARPENTER, K.E.; KRUPP, F.; JONES, D.A.;ZAJONZ, U. 1997 FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,
and the United Arab Emirates. FAO Rome. 1-293p., Pls. 1-17.
CUVIER, G. and VALENCIENNES, A. 1830 Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquií¨me. Livre
cinquie`me. Des Scie´noı¨des. Hist Nat Poiss 5: 1í 499.
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livre neuvií¨me. Scombéroí¯des. Livre dixií¨me. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzií¨me. De la
famille des Taenioí¯des. Livre douzií¨me. Des Athérines. v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2p., Pls. 280-306.
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Humanities, Jerusalem. Checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea. CLOFRES: i-xxii, map + 1-437p
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Western Indian Ocean (Fishing area 51). FAO Fisheries Department, Rome, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nation,Vol. IV, Fam. Scatophagidae to Trichiuridae. FROESE R. and PAULY D. (eds) 2013 FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. [online] URL: <www.fishbase.org>, version(08/2014).
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p.616-619
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+ 1-488p.
HORA, S.L. and MISRA, K.S. 1943 On a small collection of fish from Iraq. Journal of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal, Science, 9(1): 1-15.
HUSSAIN, N.A.; NAAMA, A.K.; AL-HASSAN,L.A.J. 1988 Annotated check-list of the fish fauna
of Khor al-Zubair, North West of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 18(1):
17-23.
HUSSAIN, S. and JAWAD, L.A. 2014 First records of Opisthognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1888
(Opisthognathidae), Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepí¨de, 1801) (Carangidae), and Atrobucca
nibe (Jordan & Thompson, 1911) (Sciaenidae) off the Iraq Coast, Arabian Gulf. International Journal of Marine Science, 2014, 4(28): 253-258.
IWATSUKI, Y.; JAWAD, L.A.; AL-MAMRY, J.A. 2012 Johnius (Johnius) majan sp. nov., a sciaenid
fish (Pisces: Sciaenidae) from Oman, Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 59(2): 151-155.
JAWAD, L.A. 2012 History of the Study of the Fish Fauna of Iraq. Water Research and Management,
2(3): 11-20.
JAWAD, L.A. and AL-BADRI, M.E. 2014 Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797), Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker, 1856), and Parascolopsis eriomma (Jordan &Richardson, 1909) (Osteichthyes: Lophiidae and Nemipteridae) in the marinewaters of Iraq.Zoology in the Middle East, 60(2): 186-188.
JAWAD, L.A. and HUSSAIN, S. 2014 First record of Antennarius indicus (Pisces: Batrachoidiformes:
Antennaridae), Equulites elongates (Pisces:Perciformes: Leiognathidae) and second record
of Cheilinus lunulatus (Pisces: Perciformes: Labridae) from the Marine Watersof Iraq.International Journal of Marine Science, 40: 1-5.
JAWAD, L.A.; AL-BADRI, M.E.; FRICKE, R. 2014a New records of thicklips and grunts from the
marine waters of Iraq (Teleostei: Haemulidae). Journal of Ocean Science Foundation, 12: 18-24.
JAWAD, L.A.; AL-MUKHTAR, M.; AL-FADDAGH,M.S. 2014b Confirmation of the presence of Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chaetodontidae) and Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskí¥l, 1775) (Pomacanthidae) in Iraqi marine waters, Arabian Gulf. Arxius de Miscel·lí nia Zoolí²gica, 12: 124-129.
JAWAD, L.A.; AL-MUKHTAR, M.A.; AL-FAISAL,A.J.; HAMMED T. 2014c New Record of Neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894 (Actinopterygii: Ophidiidae) from the Marine Waters of Iraq. International Journal of Marine Science, 32: 1-3.
JAWAD, L.A.; AL-MUKHTAR, M.A.; AL-HILALI,H.I.; AL-FAISAL, A.J.; AL-DERAWI A.M. 2014d Occurrence of pineconefish Monocentris japonica (Teleostei: Monocentridae) in the marine waters of Iraq. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7: 1-3.
JAWAD, L.A.; ALí SHOGEBAI, S.; ALí MAMRY, J.M. 2012 First record of Atractoscion aequiden
(Sciaenidae) from the Arabian Sea Coasts of Oman and Acanthopagrus catenula (Sparidae)
from the Oman Sea (Gulf of Oman), northwestern Indian Ocean (Teleostei,Sciaenidae, Sparidae). Arxius de Miscel·lí nia Zoolí²gica, 10: 9-15
KENNEDY, W.P. 1937 Some additions to the fauna of Iraq. Journal of the Bombay Natural History
Society, 39: 745-749.
KUITER, R.H. 1993 Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
i-xxxi + 1-437p.
LAL MOHAN, R.S.; TREWAVAS, E.; WHITEHEAD,P.J.P. 1984 Sciaenidae. In: FISHERS, A. and
BIANCHI, G. (eds) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Vol 4. Western Indian
Ocean (Fishing Area 51). FAO, Rome. 6p.
LANDSBERGER, B. 1962 The fauna of ancient Mesopotamia. MSL VIII/2, second part. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Roma 204, Piazza Pilotta 35. Publié avec le concourse financier de 'UNESCOet sous less auspices du Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines, 180p.
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MANILO, L.G. and BOGORODSKY S.V. 2003 Taxonomic composition, diversity and distribution
of coastal fishes of the Arabian Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 43(1): 575-614.
MASUDA, H.; AMAOKA, K.; ARAGA, C.; UUENO, T.; YOSHINO, T. 1984 The fishes of the Japanese
Archipelago. Tokyo (Tokai University Press). Text: i-xxii + 1-437, Atlas: Pls. 1-370.
MISRA, K.S. 1947 On a second collection of fish from Iraq. Records of the Indian Museum, 45: 115-127.
RANDALL, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. Crowford House Publishing Pty Ltd, Bathurst, Australia. ixvi + 1-439.
SAGGS, H.W.F. 1962 The greatness that was Babylon.Sedgwick and Jackson, London, 562p.
SASAKI, K. 1996 Sciaenid fishes of the Indian Ocean (Teleostei, Perciformes). Memoire of the Faculty of Science, Kochi University Series D Biology, 16í 17:83-95.
SASAKI, K.2001 Sciaenidae. In: NIEM, V.H. (ed.)FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol 6. FAO, Rome. p.2791-3380.
STEINDACHNER, F. 1902 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der südarabischen Expedition in den
Jahren 1898 bis 1899. Fische von Südarabien und Socotra. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, 39: 316-318.
TREWAVAS, E. 1977 The sciaenid fishes (croakers or drums) of the Indo-West Pacific. Transaction of the Zoological Society of London, 33(4): 253-541.
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