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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 — ع

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
عبري Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scomberoides lysan species HWT-FISH-0095
عثيمي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Alectis indicus species HWT-FISH-0075
عجلس Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Diodon hystrix species HWT-FISH-0139
العذبيه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Naso elegans species HWT-FISH-0039
عربي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Liza subviridis species HWT-FISH-0263
عربي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Valamugil seheli species HWT-FISH-0266
عربي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Crenidens crenidens species HWT-FISH-0401
العربي (البوري) Nationally approved national name, no sea Mugiliformes order —
عرص Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Carcharhinus melanopterus species HWT-FISH-0006
عرقيط Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Rhynchobatus djiddensis species HWT-FISH-0024
عريض Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Diplodus noct species HWT-FISH-0402
عريفي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Ephippus orbis species HWT-FISH-0146
عزب Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Siganus stellatus species HWT-FISH-0393
عصمودي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lutjanus gibbus species HWT-FISH-0240
عقام Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Sphyraena barracuda species HWT-FISH-0408
العقربيات Nationally approved national name, no sea Scorpaeniformes order —
عنبر Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Mulloidichthys flavolineatus species HWT-FISH-0267
عنبر طينه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Parupeneus forsskali species HWT-FISH-0271
عنبرية Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Xiphias gladius species HWT-FISH-0439
عنتق Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Pristipomoides filamentosus species HWT-FISH-0253
عندق Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Nemipterus randalli species HWT-FISH-0286
عندق Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Argyrops spinifer species HWT-FISH-0400
عندق Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Aphareus furca species HWT-FISH-0230
عنزه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Arothron stellatus species HWT-FISH-0433
عنفوز Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Pomacanthus maculosus species HWT-FISH-0306
عوم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Amblygaster sirm species HWT-FISH-0122
عوم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Sardinella gibbosa species HWT-FISH-0129
عوين Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Gerres oyena species HWT-FISH-0157
عيد باحه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scolopsis ghanam species HWT-FISH-0289

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.