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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 — ر

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
راقد Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Glaucostegus halavi species HWT-FISH-0025
رباق Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Acanthopagrus bifasciatus species HWT-FISH-0398
ربيب Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Gnathanodon speciosus species HWT-FISH-0091
ربيسي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Taeniura lymma species HWT-FISH-0017
الرعّاد الكهربائي Nationally approved national name, no sea Torpediniformes order —
رعسن Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus species HWT-FISH-0162
رعسن Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Kyphosus bigibbus species HWT-FISH-0179
رعصن Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Gerres oyena species HWT-FISH-0157
رعصنه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Diplodus noct species HWT-FISH-0402
رفع Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Cephalopholis miniata species HWT-FISH-0360
رقاد Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Grammoplites suppositus species HWT-FISH-0301
رقده Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Synodus variegatus species HWT-FISH-0423
رقع Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Aethaloperca rogaa species HWT-FISH-0356
رقيطة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Himantura gerrardi species HWT-FISH-0014
رقيطة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Himantura uarank species HWT-FISH-0015
رقيطة شُعُب Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Taeniura lymma species HWT-FISH-0017
رمص Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Plectorhinchus schotaf species HWT-FISH-0165
رمك Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lethrinus nebulosus species HWT-FISH-0220
الرنجة الذئبية Nationally approved national name, no sea CHIROCENTRIDAE family —
رهو Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Naso brevirostris species HWT-FISH-0038
رهو Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Naso unicornis species HWT-FISH-0041
رهوان Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Naso brevirostris species HWT-FISH-0038
ريشال Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Variola louti species HWT-FISH-0381

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.