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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 — ل

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
لجيج Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Photopectoralis bindus species HWT-FISH-0209
لحلاح Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Scomberoides commersonnianus species HWT-FISH-0094
لخم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Alopias pelagicus species HWT-FISH-0001
لخمة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Himantura gerrardi species HWT-FISH-0014
لخمة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Himantura uarank species HWT-FISH-0015
لدن Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Epinephelus areolatus species HWT-FISH-0363
لسن Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scomberoides tol species HWT-FISH-0096
لسنه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scomberoides commersonnianus species HWT-FISH-0094
لعيلع Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Caranx sexfasciatus species HWT-FISH-0088
لُقطة أم سالم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Taeniura lymma species HWT-FISH-0017
لوطي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Variola louti species HWT-FISH-0381
ليحلاح Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Scomberoides commersonnianus species HWT-FISH-0094

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.