Arabic name index
120 approved Arabic names for orders, families and other higher ranks, and 716 verified local names for species records.
120nationally approved Arabic names (orders, families and above)
716verified local names on species records
242published records with at least one name (of 448)
206published records with no recorded Arabic name (of 448)
| Arabic name | Standing | Recorded for | Scientific name | HUWAT code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أسماك البوق | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | FISTULARIDAE | — |
| أسماك البياح الفضي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | GERREIDAE | — |
| أسماك البياض والجَش | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CARANGIDAE | — |
| أسماك الترباني | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | LABRIDAE | — |
| أسماك التنين | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CALLIONYMIDAE | — |
| أسماك التونة والماكريل | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SCOMBRIDAE | — |
| أسماك الحجر | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SYNANCEIIDAE | — |
| أسماك الحريد الببغائي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SCARIDAE | — |
| أسماك الخرمان | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | BELONIDAE | — |
| أسماك الدمسل | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | POMACENTRIDAE | — |
| أسماك الرأس المفلطح | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | PLATYCEPHALIDAE | — |
| أسماك الرعّاد الكهربائي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | TORPEDINIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الزجاجية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | AMBASSIDAE | — |
| أسماك الزناد | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | BALISTIDAE | — |
| أسماك السحلية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SYNODONTIDAE | — |
| أسماك السخل | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | ACANTHURIDAE | — |
| أسماك السردين | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CLUPEIDAE | — |
| أسماك السنجاب والجندي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | HOLOCENTRIDAE | — |
| أسماك السيف الشريطية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | TRICHIURIDAE | — |
| أسماك الشبّ البحرية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | KYPHOSIDAE | — |
| أسماك الشبّاصة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CENTRISCIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الشراعية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | ISTIOPHORIDAE | — |
| أسماك الشعور | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | LETHRINIDAE | — |
| أسماك الشفنين اللاسع | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | DASYATIDAE | — |
| أسماك الشفنين النسري | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | MYLIOBATIDAE | — |
| أسماك الشيكة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | TETRAODONTIDAE | — |
| أسماك الصافي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SIGANIDAE | — |
| أسماك الصقر | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CIRRHITIDAE | — |
| أسماك الصلمبو | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SILLAGINIDAE | — |
| أسماك الصندوق | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | OSTRACIIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الطائرة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | EXOCOETIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الطائرة الجناحية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | DACTYLOPTERIDAE | — |
| أسماك الطبل | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SCIAENIDAE | — |
| أسماك العربي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | MUGILIDAE | — |
| أسماك العظم | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | ALBULIDAE | — |
| الأسماك العظمية شعاعية الزعانف | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | Actinopterygii | — |
| أسماك العقام | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SPHYRAENIDAE | — |
| أسماك العقرب | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SCORPAENIDAE | — |
| أسماك العيدة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CAESIONIDAE | — |
| أسماك العين الكبيرة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | PRIACANTHIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الغضروفية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | Chondrichthyes | — |
| أسماك الفراشة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CHAETODONTIDAE | — |
| أسماك الفرس والبريم | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SPARIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الفضية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | ATHERINIDAE | — |
| أسماك الفك | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | OPISTOGNATHIDAE | — |
| أسماك القاروص الرملي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | PINGUIPEDIDAE | — |
| أسماك القد الصغيرة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | BREGMACEROTIDAE | — |
| أسماك القرش أبو مطرقة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SPHYRNIDAE | — |
| أسماك القرش الدرّاسة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | ALOPIIDAE | — |
| أسماك القرش الرمادية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CARCHARHINIDAE | — |
| أسماك القوبي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | GOBIIDAE | — |
| أسماك القيثارة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | RHINOBATIDAE | — |
| الأسماك الكاردينالية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | APOGONIDAE | — |
| أسماك الكاسحة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | PEMPHERIDAE | — |
| أسماك الكوبيا | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | RACHYCENTRIDAE | — |
| الأسماك اللاصقة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | ECHENEIDAE | — |
| أسماك المبرد | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | MONACANTHIDAE | — |
| الأسماك المفلطحة | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | Pleuronectiformes | — |
| أسماك الملاك | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | POMACANTHIDAE | — |
| أسماك المنجل | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | DREPANEIDAE | — |
| أسماك المهر | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | LEIOGNATHIDAE | — |
| أسماك الناجل والبهار | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | LUTJANIDAE | — |
| أسماك النمر | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | TERAPONTIDAE | — |
| أسماك النهّاق | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | HAEMULIDAE | — |
| أسماك النيص الشوكية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | DIODONTIDAE | — |
| أسماك الهامور والوقار | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SERRANIDAE | — |
| أسماك الهلال الفضي | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | MONODACTYLIDAE | — |
| أسماك الوطواط | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | EPHIPPIDAE | — |
| الأسماك ثلاثية الذيل | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | LOBOTIDAE | — |
| أسماك موسى | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SOLEIDAE | — |
| أسماك موسى الشوكية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | PSETTODIDAE | — |
| أسماك موسى اللسانية | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | CYNOGLOSSIDAE | — |
| اشنينوه | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Cephalopholis hemistiktos | HWT-FISH-0359 |
| أعراضي | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Acanthopagrus berda | HWT-FISH-0397 |
| أفراس البحر وأسماك الغليون | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | SYNGNATHIDAE | — |
| أفراس البحر والبوق | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | Syngnathiformes | — |
| الألبوليات | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | Albuliformes | — |
| الحف | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Chirocentrus nudus | HWT-FISH-0118 |
| أم القمر | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Acanthopagrus bifasciatus | HWT-FISH-0398 |
| ام جهة | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Bothus pantherinus | HWT-FISH-0068 |
| أم حبر | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Aeoliscus punctulatus | HWT-FISH-0105 |
| أم سالم | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Taeniura lymma | HWT-FISH-0017 |
| أم صويلح | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Taeniura lymma | HWT-FISH-0017 |
| أم عطيه | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Pomacanthus asfur | HWT-FISH-0304 |
| ام مجواة | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Diplodus noct | HWT-FISH-0402 |
| أمجوه | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Diplodus noct | HWT-FISH-0402 |
| أنبوبة | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Corythoichthys flavofasciatus | HWT-FISH-0417 |
| أنصاف المناقير | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | HEMIRAMPHIDAE | — |
| إيده | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Caesio varilineata | HWT-FISH-0072 |
| الإيلوبيات | Nationally approved | national name, no sea | Elopiformes | — |
| باحصيه | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Rhizoprionodon acutus | HWT-FISH-0011 |
| باحه | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Scomber japonicus | HWT-FISH-0347 |
| باسي | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Nemipterus randalli | HWT-FISH-0286 |
| باغة | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Rastrelliger kanagurta | HWT-FISH-0345 |
| باغه | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Scomber japonicus | HWT-FISH-0347 |
| بالج | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Selar crumenophthalmus | HWT-FISH-0097 |
| بألول | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Epinephelus coioides | HWT-FISH-0365 |
| بامقرقر | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Terapon jarbua | HWT-FISH-0426 |
| ببجي | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea | Taeniura lymma | HWT-FISH-0017 |
| بدح رياش كبير | Local name, verified — not nationally approved | Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf | Gerres oyena | HWT-FISH-0157 |
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.
Records with no recorded Arabic name
206 of 448 published records have no Arabic name in this index. The absence is the register's, not the language's.
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