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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 — و

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
واغش Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Caesio lunaris species HWT-FISH-0070
وحر Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Grammoplites suppositus species HWT-FISH-0301
ورنك Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Himantura uarank species HWT-FISH-0015
ورور Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lethrinus variegatus species HWT-FISH-0223
وريق Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Hipposcarus harid species HWT-FISH-0330
وساطه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Aphareus rutilans species HWT-FISH-0231
وطواط Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Aetobatus narinari species HWT-FISH-0019
وعث Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Caesio striata species HWT-FISH-0071
وليجة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Hipposcarus harid species HWT-FISH-0330

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.