Data status
What the register holds today: 448 published taxonomic records (447 species and 1 subspecies) in 93 families and 26 orders.
Written content, field by field
For each field: how many published records have a published value in the register, out of one denominator, the published records. A value that is not published (draft, under review or rejected) is counted beside the share, never inside it.
| Field | Has a published value | Share | With a source | Counted apart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | 448 / 448 published records | 100% | — | — |
| Authorship and year | 448 / 448 published records | 100% | — | — |
| English name (verified) | 440 / 448 published records | 98.2% | — | 8 no verified name is recorded |
| Measured specimen total length a measured specimen length is not the maximum length of the species | 425 / 448 published records | 94.9% | 425 | 14 the printed source does not state it |
| Plate permitted for display | 443 / 448 records leading with a plate cleared for display | 98.9% | 443 | — |
| National code | 165 / 448 published records | 36.8% | 165 | — |
| Verified local name — Red Sea | 237 / 448 published records | 52.9% | 237 |
Not published 3 |
| Verified local name — Arabian Gulf | 93 / 448 published records | 20.8% | 93 |
Not published 1 |
| Scientific synonyms Not recorded in the register yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — | — |
| Published conservation status Not recorded in the register yet | 0 / 448 records with a published, cited assessment | 0% | 0 |
Not published 2 |
| Maximum length Not recorded in the register yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — |
Not published 416 |
| Depth range | 1 / 448 published records | 0.2% | — |
Not published 376 |
| Habitat | 25 / 448 published records | 5.6% | — |
Not published 425 |
| Geographic distribution | 9 / 448 published records | 2% | — |
Not published 427 |
| Fishing season | 10 / 448 published records | 2.2% | — |
Not published 0 |
| Commercial value the register has no fact definition for this field yet Not recorded in the register yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — |
Not published 0 |
| FAO 3-alpha (ASFIS) code Not recorded in the register yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — | — |
| ISSCAAP group Not recorded in the register yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — | — |
| Capture production series the register has no structure for this field yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — | — |
| Aquaculture production series the register has no structure for this field yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — | — |
| FAO statistical areas the register has no structure for this field yet | 0 / 448 published records | 0% | — | — |
What is not recorded yet
The fields below have no published value in the register yet. This describes the register, not the sea or the fish: "not recorded" is not "absent from the Kingdom".
- Scientific synonyms
- Published conservation status
- Maximum length
- Commercial value
- FAO 3-alpha (ASFIS) code
- ISSCAAP group
- Capture production series
- Aquaculture production series
- FAO statistical areas
Lifecycle: what is published and what is not
Draft and under-review items are counted apart and are in no published figure. A dash means the register has no such state for that object.
| Object | Published | Draft or under review | Rejected | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published records (species or subspecies) | 448 | not shown on the public page | — | Basis: the published records that carry a HUWAT code; the denominator of every share above. |
| Facts | 1567 | Draft 8070 | — | 1114 of 1567 published facts carry a verified citation. Here “verified” means the register checked the value against its cited source; it is not an independent scientific review. Of the 1114 facts counted, 313 were approved in the register on the founder’s own review of them, which is not an independent review, and the other 801 carry the verification they were imported with. |
| Conservation assessments | 0 | Under review 2 | — | Of 2 assessments held for published taxa; only one a verified citation supports is published. |
| Distribution records | 0 | Under review 467 | — | Of 467 distribution records held; only a verified one is published. |
| Plates (right to display) | 684 | not cleared 147 | — | Of 831 registered plates; only those cleared for display are published. |
The counts of draft records and names, and of rejected names, are not shown on the public page: a number about content not yet approved is an announcement of it.
Sources and editions
Published facts rest on the sources above; their publication years: 1948 / 1971 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974 / 1981 / 1982 / 1983 / 1989 / 1992 / 2005 / 2011 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025 / 2026. Each edition of a book is a source of its own: a page number of one edition is never cited as another's, the counts of two editions are never merged into one, and a citation is never moved to an edition that does not contain it. Source layers → References →
Open data
The counts above are also available in machine-readable form, with each counter's definition and denominator. The rights to images and source texts remain with their holders.
What the labels mean
- Nationally approved
- An Arabic name the register designates and has verified.
- Verified
- A value the register reviewed; verification is of that name or value, not scientific approval of the whole record.
- Local name, verified — not nationally approved
- A name recorded for the sea named; not an occurrence record and not national approval.
- Under review
- Nobody has reviewed it yet; it never leads a page and is in no published figure.
- Draft
- Written, not published; counted beside the published figure, never in it.
- Rejected
- A recorded decision; never displayed as a name.