Living Marine Resources Of Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, And The United Arab Emirates

FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes

Living Marine Resources Of
Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,
and the United Arab Emirates


by
Carpenter, K. E.; Krupp, F.; Jones, D.A.; Zajonz, U.


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1997

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The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

ISBN 92-5-103741-8

© FAO

Carpenter, K. E.; Krupp, F.; Jones, D.A.; Zajonz, U.
FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Rome, FAO. 1997. 293 p., 17 colour plates.

Summary
This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. It includes marine plants, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, sharks, batoid fishes, bony fishes, sea snakes, sea turtles, sea birds, and marine mammals. In order to serve as a tool for ecological and biodiversity studies, all species known from the Gulf of certain groups are included. These include the sharks, batoid fishes, bony fishes, sea turtles, and marine mammals. Each resource group is introduced by a general section on technical terms and measurements pertinent to that group and an illustrated guide to higher taxonomic groups when relevant. Species are then treated in a subsequent guide that includes scientific nomenclature, common English and Arabic names where available, size information, information on habitat, biology, and fisheries, diagnostic features, and one or more illustrations, some of which are included in colour. The guide is fully indexed and a list of references is appended.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

A PICTORIAL INDEX TO DIVISIONS AND FAMILIES

MARINE PLANTS

TECHNICAL TERMS
DIVISION CHLOROPHYTA
Chlorophyceae
DIVISION PHAEOPHYTA
Cystoseiraceae
Sargassaceae
DIVISION ANTHOPHYTA
Avicenniaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Cymodoceaceae
Hydrocharitaceae

SHRIMPS AND PRAWNS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO INFRAORDERS AND FAMILIES
Penaeidae
Solenoceridae

LOBSTERS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO FAMILIES
Palinuridae
Scyllaridae

CRABS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO FAMILIES
Portunidae
Ocypodidae
Xanthidae
Grapsidae

BIVALVES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
Pinnidae
Pteriidae
Pectinidae
Ostreidae
Veneridae

GASTROPODS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
Conidae
Trochidae
Turbinidae
Muricidae
Potamididae
Cypraeidae

CEPHALOPODS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS AND GUIDE TO ORDERS
Sepiidae
Loliginidae
Octopodidae

SHARKS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Hemiscylliidae
Stegostomatidae
Ginglymostomatidae
Rhincodontidae
Triakidae
Hemigaleidae
Carcharhinidae
Sphyrnidae

BATOID FISHES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Pristidae
Torpedinidae
Narcinidae
Rajidae
Rhinobatidae
Dasyatidae
Gymnuridae
Myliobatidae
Mobulidae

BONY FISHES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Elopidae
Megalopidae
Muraenidae
Ophichthidae
Muraenesocidae
Congridae
Clupeidae
Pristigasteridae
Engraulidae
Chirocentridae
Chanidae
Ariidae
Plotosidae
Synodontidae
Bregmacerotidae
Ophidiidae
Bythitidae
Batrachoididae
Antennariidae
Atherinidae
Belonidae
Exocoetidae
Hemiramphidae
Cyprinodontidae
Caproidae
Pegasidae
Syngnathidae
Fistulariidae
Centriscidae
Dactylopteridae
Scorpaenidae
Triglidae
Platycephalidae
Acropomatidae
Serranidae
Pseudochromidae
Priacanthidae
Teraponidae
Apogonidae
Sillaginidae
Lactariidae
Rachycentridae
Echeneidae
Carangidae
Coryphaenidae
Menidae
Leiognathidae
Lutjanidae
Caesionidae
Lobotidae
Gerreidae
Haemulidae
Sparidae
Lethrinidae
Nemipteridae
Polynemidae
Sciaenidae
Mullidae
Drepanidae
Chaetodontidae
Pomacanthidae
Pentacerotidae
Kyphosidae
Pomacentridae
Labridae
Scaridae
Mugilidae
Opistognathidae
Cepolidae
Pinguipedidae
Trichonotidae
Uranoscopidae
Tripterygiidae
Blenniidae
Callionymidae
Gobiidae
Xenisthmidae
Microdesmidae
Ephippidae
Scatophagidae
Acanthuridae
Siganidae
Sphyraenidae
Trichiuridae
Scombridae
Istiophoridae
Ariommatidae
Stromateidae
Psettodidae
Citharidae
Bothidae
Paralichthyidae
Cynoglossidae
Soleidae
Triacanthidae
Balistidae
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Tetraodontidae
Diodontidae
Molidae

SEA TURTLES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae

SEA SNAKES

TECHNICAL TERMS
Hydrophiidae

SEABIRDS

TECHNICAL TERMS
Phalacrocoracidae
Ardeidae
Phoenicopteridae
Pandionidae
Recurvirostridae
Dromadadidae
Laridae
Sternidae

MARINE MAMMALS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
Balaenidae
Kogiidae
Delphinidae
Phocoenidae
Dugongidae

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC AND VERNACULAR NAMES

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES