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HUWAT KSAFISH Fishes of Saudi Arabia Red Sea and Arabian Gulf An initiative of the HUWAT ecosystem
ARABIC NAME INDEX

Arabic name index — خ

120 approved Arabic names for orders, families and other higher ranks, and 716 verified local names for species records.

A nationally approved name carries the chip "Nationally approved". A verified local name is not nationally approved and is marked so. A name is listed once per record and scope.

Arabic name Standing Recorded for Scientific name HUWAT code
خرج ص Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scomberoides commersonnianus species HWT-FISH-0094
خرطوم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Megalaspis cordyla species HWT-FISH-0092
خرم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Tylosurus choram species HWT-FISH-0065
خرم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Tylosurus crocodilus species HWT-FISH-0066
خرم طوري Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Tylosurus crocodilus species HWT-FISH-0066
الخرمان والطائرة Nationally approved national name, no sea Beloniformes order —
خرمه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Lethrinus microdon species HWT-FISH-0219
خرمي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lethrinus nebulosus species HWT-FISH-0220
خرمية Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lethrinus xanthochilus species HWT-FISH-0224
خرنوع Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Epinephelus summana species HWT-FISH-0376
خشيبي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lethrinus harak species HWT-FISH-0216
خصي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Hipposcarus harid species HWT-FISH-0330
خصيان Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Hipposcarus harid species HWT-FISH-0330
خضاري Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Chlorurus sordidus species HWT-FISH-0329
خضيم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Caesio varilineata species HWT-FISH-0072
خطاف Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Caesio lunaris species HWT-FISH-0070
خمبقات Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lutjanus sanguineus species HWT-FISH-0248
خني Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Chanos chanos species HWT-FISH-0116
خوت Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Rachycentron canadum species HWT-FISH-0324
خوفعة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Bothus pantherinus species HWT-FISH-0068
خوفعه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Psettodes erumei species HWT-FISH-0323
خيط Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Alectis indicus species HWT-FISH-0075

A local name recorded for a sea says the name was recorded for that sea. It is not an occurrence record and does not document that the species lives there.