HWT-FISH-0075

Indian threadfish

Alectis indicus

(Rüppell, 1830)

Alectis indicus
© أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة

Species CARANGIDAE Fish Name used in this encyclopedia

Quick facts

Saudi context in this record

Naming evidence

Local names recorded for their geographic scope: evidence that the name is used there, not a published record of biological occurrence.

Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea ضيم · هطل · شاويش · أبو طبق · بياض أبو تيس
Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf خيط · حمام · كراري · عثيمي · بنقالة

Occurrence records

The encyclopedia holds no published occurrence record for this taxon in Saudi waters yet.

Measurements and characters

Documentation status

documented from a photographed and measured specimen

No source is linked to this value.

Names

English common names

Indian threadfish

Local names — Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea

  • ضيم Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • هطل Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • شاويش Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • أبو طبق Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • بياض أبو تيس Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved

Local names — Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf

  • خيط Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • حمام Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • كراري Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • عثيمي Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
  • بنقالة Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved

Local names with no recorded scope

  • بياض أبو طبق Local name draft

Classification

AlectisGenus CARANGIDAEFamily PerciformesOrder ActinopterygiiClass ChordataPhylum AnimaliaKingdom

External identifiers
  • National species code: 3901 — Marine Research Centre, Jeddah

The national collection-form code is not a unique identifier; more than one taxon may carry the same value. The only stable identifier here is the HUWAT code.

Conservation

No governed conservation assessment is published for this taxon. The absence of a published assessment is not an assessment of low concern.

Distribution

The encyclopedia holds no published scientific distribution records for this taxon.

This section shows source-backed scientific distribution only. Community observations are not listed here and no scientific distribution is inferred from them.

Others in this family

Taxa of the same family. That is a taxonomic relationship, not a statement of resemblance; the encyclopedia holds no diagnostic characters or lookalike relations yet.

Information not yet documented in this record

These fields are not yet documented for this taxon in the encyclopedia. Their absence describes the record, not the animal.

Scientific sources

أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011). ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.
استمارة التجميع المرمزة للأسماء المحلية — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية.
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Record last modified: 2026-09-12