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ARABIC NAME INDEX

Arabic name index

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.

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
ناجل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Plectropomus pessuliferus species HWT-FISH-0380
ناقم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Pomadasys argenteus species HWT-FISH-0167
نجار Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Argyrops spinifer species HWT-FISH-0400
نزيه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Acanthopagrus berda species HWT-FISH-0397
نزيه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Crenidens crenidens species HWT-FISH-0401
نسار Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Argyrops spinifer species HWT-FISH-0400
نسخ Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Gnathanodon speciosus species HWT-FISH-0091
نعيمي Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Lutjanus bohar species HWT-FISH-0237
نفار Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Naso hexacanthus species HWT-FISH-0040
نقرور Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Pomadasys argenteus species HWT-FISH-0167
نوفاري Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Carcharhinus melanopterus species HWT-FISH-0006
نوقط Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Rhynchobatus djiddensis species HWT-FISH-0024
نيسرة ابوكية Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Lutjanus ehrenbergii species HWT-FISH-0238
نيسرة زرقاء الخطوط Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Lutjanus kasmira species HWT-FISH-0241
هامور توينة Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Epinephelus tauvina species HWT-FISH-0377
هامور سمان Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Epinephelus polyphekadion species HWT-FISH-0373
هباره Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lutjanus russellii species HWT-FISH-0247
هبر Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lutjanus malabricus species HWT-FISH-0244
هبره Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Lutjanus ehrenbergii species HWT-FISH-0238
هطل Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Alectis indicus species HWT-FISH-0075
هلو Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Carangoides gymnostethus species HWT-FISH-0085
هُوملان Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Trichiurus lepturus species HWT-FISH-0438
هيمان Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Monodactylus argenteus species HWT-FISH-0260
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
يصوس Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea Ablennes hians species HWT-FISH-0064
يماه Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Lethrinus borbonicus species HWT-FISH-0215
ينم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Plectorhinchus schotaf species HWT-FISH-0165
ينم Local name, verified — not nationally approved Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf Scolopsis vosmeri species HWT-FISH-0291

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. List these records →