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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 — ذ

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
ذُرب Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Chirocentrus dorab species HWT-FISH-0117
ذيب Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Priacanthus hamrur species HWT-FISH-0321
ذيبـه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Sphyrna lewini species HWT-FISH-0026

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.