SURVEY OF THE MARINE FISHES IN IRAQ
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https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2018.15.2.0163Keywords:
Checklist, fish species, Iraq, marine waters, surveyAbstract
A survey of fish species in the Iraqi marine waters was carried out for the period from November 2014 to March 2018. The list included 214 species representing 75 families.
The family Carangidae dominated the marine fishes in Iraq, which was represented by 24 species, followed by Haemulidae with 11 species, and then Serranidae and Sparidae with nine species for each, while 34 families contained a single species only.
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Ali, T. S. and Hussain, N. A. 1990. Composition and seasonal fluctuations of intertidal fish assemblage in Khor Al-Zubair, northwest Arabian Gulf. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 6(1): 24-36.
Al-Mudaffar, N.F. and Mahdi, B. A. 2014. Iraq’s inland water quality and their impact on the North-Western Arabian Gulf. Marsh Bulletin, 9 (1): 1-22.
Al-Yamani, F.Y. 2008. Importance of the freshwater influx from the Shatt-Al-Arab River on the Gulf marine environment, 207-222. In: Abuzinada, A., Barth, H., Krupp, F., Böer, B. and Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z (Eds.). Protecting the Gulf’s Marine Ecosystems from Pollution. Birkhäuser Basel publisher , 1st edition, XVI+ 285pp.
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Bishop, J. M. 2003. History and current checklist of Kuwait’s Ichthyofauna. Journal of Arid Environments, 54: 237-256.
Blegvad, H. and Løppenthin, B. 1944. Fishes of Iranian Gulf. Danish Scientific investigation in Iran, Copenhagen, 247 pp.
Carpenter, K. E.; Krupp, F. ; Jones, D. A. and 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. Rome, FAO, 293 pp.
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Hussain, N. A., Mohamed A. R. M. and Ali. T. S. 1999. The seasonal formation of thermocline, halocline and water masses in the Iraqi marine waters. Marina Mesopotamica, 14(2): 299-312.
Hussain, N. A. and Naama, A. K. 1989. Survey of fauna of Khor Al-Zubair, northwest Arabian Gulf. Marina Mesopotamica, 4 (2): 161-197.
Hussain, N. A., Naama, A. K. and Al-Hassan, L. A. J. 1988. Annotated checklist of the fish fauna of Khor Al-Zubair, north west of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 18 (1): 17-24.
Hussain, N. A. and Younis, K. H. 1997. Fish assemblage of Khor Shettana, northwestern Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Marina Mesopotamica, 12 (2): 331-356.
Iwatsuki, Y., Jawad, L. A., Tanaka, F., Al-Busaidi, H., Al-Mamry, J. M. and Al-Kharusi, L. H. 2013. Omani fishes collected in the vicinity of Mutrah, Gulf of Oman and Madrakah, southern Oman through 3 to 13 October 2010. Bulletin of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 59:29-43.
Jabado, R. W., Al Ghais, S. M., Hamza, W., Shivji, M. S. and Henderson, A. C. 2015. Shark diversity in the Arabian/Persian Gulf higher than previously thought: insights based on species composition of shark landings in the United Arab Emirates. Marine Biodiversity, 45(4): 719-731.
Khalaf, K.T. 1961. The marine and freshwater fishes of Iraq. Al Rabbita press. Baghdad, 104pp.
Kuronuma, K. and Abe, Y. 1986. Fishes of Arabian Gulf. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, 357 pp.
Mahdi, N. 1962. Fishes of Iraq. Ministry of Education, Baghdad, 82 pp.
Mahdi, N. and Georg, P. V. 1969. A systematic list of the vertebrates of Iraq. Iraq Natural History Museum, Publications, No 26:1-104.
Mohamed, A. R. M., Hussain, N. A. and Ali, T. S. 2001. Estuarine components of the ichthyofauna of the Arabian Gulf. Marina Mesopotamica,16(2): 209-224.
Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fishes of the World. 4th Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New Jersey, xiv + 601 pp.
Randall J. E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd., Hawaii, 456 pp.
Younis, K. H. 1990. A study of fish assemblage in the north of Khor Abdullah. M. Sc. Thesis, Marine Science Centre., University of Basrah, 95 pp. (In Arabic)
