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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 — ف

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
فارس Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Aphareus rutilans species HWT-FISH-0231
فتره Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Torpedo sinuspersici species HWT-FISH-0030
فتله Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Plectorhinchus schotaf species HWT-FISH-0165
فتله Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Plectorhinchus albovittatus species HWT-FISH-0161
فرخ Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Carangoides chrysophrys species HWT-FISH-0082
فرخ الناجل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Cephalopholis miniata species HWT-FISH-0360
فرخ توينه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Epinephelus malabricus species HWT-FISH-0371
الفرخيات (الأسماك الشوكية) Nationally approved national name, no sea Perciformes order —
فردوه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Carangoides ferdau species HWT-FISH-0083
فردوه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Caranx sexfasciatus species HWT-FISH-0088
فرس Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Istiophorus platypterus species HWT-FISH-0178
فرس البحر Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Istiophorus platypterus species HWT-FISH-0178
فرس البحر Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Xiphias gladius species HWT-FISH-0439
فرش Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Plectorhinchus sordidus species HWT-FISH-0166
فرنكه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Galeocerdo cuvier species HWT-FISH-0009
فرهودي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scarus ghobban species HWT-FISH-0334
فسكر Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Acanthopagrus bifasciatus species HWT-FISH-0398
الفضّيات Nationally approved national name, no sea Atheriniformes order —
فقل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Arothron stellatus species HWT-FISH-0433
فقل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Lagocephalus lunaris species HWT-FISH-0435
فلفل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Cephalopholis miniata species HWT-FISH-0360
فهد Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Rhinoptera javanica species HWT-FISH-0021
فوقل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Argyrops spinifer species HWT-FISH-0400

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.