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170 Revised list of fish names, Persian Gulf Aug. 8, 1948 [[table with 4 columns, columns 2-4 named: Scientific name, English, Arabic]] | Scientific name | English | Arabic 1.|[[underline]] Chirocentrus dorab [[/underline]] | large tooth herring | ḥiff 2.|[[underline]] Terapon puta [[/underline]] | striped grunt | zamrūr 3.|[[underline]] Gnathodentex [[/underline]] ? [[underline]] Sparus haffara [[/underline]] | Square nose porgy | qurqufānah 4.|[[underline]] Sparus cuvieri [[/underline]] | snapper porgy | subaiṭi 5.|[[underline]] Sparus bifasciatus [[/underline]] | band head porgy | faskar 6.|[[underline]] Plectorhynchus [[/underline]] | spotted grunt | yanāmah 7.|[[underline]] Scarus dussumieri [[/underline]] | parrotfish | qain 8.|[[underline]] Sillago sihama [[/underline]] | sand perch | hāsūn 9.|[[underline]] Nemipterus japonicus [[/underline]] | pink snapper | bāsīyah 10.|[[underline]] Caranx crumenophthalmus [[/underline]] | goggle eye scad | ṣīnah 11.|[[underline]] Hemirhamphus [[/underline]] | half beak | sils 12.|[[underline]] Parapercis smithii [[/underline]] | barred sand perch | zyb hair 13.|[[underline]] Dorosoma nasus [[/underline]] | thread herring | īwāf 14.|[[underline]] Chorinemus [[/underline]] | leather jack (small) | laḥlāḥ (Saihat) 15.|[[underline]] Sparus spinifer [[/underline]] | hump back porgy | thaur 16.|[[underline]] Seriola [[/underline]] large 2' | smooth jack | rabībah 17.|[[underline]] Cybium commersonii & C. guttatum [[/underline]] | king mackerel | kan'ad 18.|[[underline]] Callinectes [[/underline]] ? | blue claw crab | qub qub 19.|[[underline]] Scorpaena [[/underline]] | scorpion fish | farjālah 20.| Gastropoda | small snail (salt water) | subān 21.| Decapoda | ghost crab | barrjīnn 22.|[[underline]] Sardinella, Dussumiera [[/underline]], Engraulidae | sardines, anchovy | 'ūm 23.|[[underline]] Tylosurus [[/underline]] | bill fish | ubbarī(small), hāqūl(large) 24.|[[underline]] Cyprinodon dispar [[/underline]] | killy fish | 'ufṭi 25.|[[underline]] Gerres [[/underline]] | mojarra | muṣallaqah 26.|[[underline]] Platycephalus maculipinna [[/underline]] | flathead | waḥarah 27.|[[underline]] Sargus noct [[/underline]] | spot tail porgy | mushawah 28.|[[underline]] Crenidens crenidens [[/underline]] | brown tooth porgy | baṭṭānah 29.|[[underline]] Sparus datnia [[/underline]] | broad porgy| shi'm [[/table]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[right corner]] 171 [[/right corner]] [[table with 4 columns, columns 2-4 named: Scientific name, English, Persian Gulf Arabic]] | Scientific name | English | Persian Gulf Arabic 30.|[[underline]] Apogon thurstoni [[/underline]] | cardinal fish | siḥat al ra'ī 31.| - | sand lizard | wazāg^[[insertion]] h [[/insertion]]ah [[wazāghah]] 32.|[[underline]] Paramonacanthus [[/underline]] | file fish | baghūmī 33.|[[underline]] Scolopsis personatus [[/underline]] | brown line grunt | bzaimīyah 34.|[[underline]] Scolopsis [[/underline]] | brown striped grunt | zarrā'ah 35.|[[underline]] Plesiops, Pomacentrus, Abudefduf [[/underline]] | demoiselle | q'aisī 36.| Labridae, Gobiidae, Blenniidae | wrasse, gobies, blennies | nabbāt 37.|[[underline]] Hydrophis [[/underline]] | sea snake (poisonous) | baljanai 38.|[[underline]] Gerres punctatus [[/underline]] | thread fin mojarra | rīyāshah 39.|[[underline]] Gerres [[/underline]] (see 25) | 40.| Pleuronectidae | thick flatfish | khūfa'ah 41.|[[underline]] Batrachus grunniens [[/underline]] | toad fish | qumqāmah 42.|[[underline]] Megaprotodon [[/underline]] orange & black butterfly fish | ra q'ah 43.|[[underline]] Pomacanthus maculosus [[/underline]] | angel fish | 'unfūz 44.|[[underline]] Lutjanus [[/underline]] | spot snapper | naisarah 45.|[[underline]] Epinephelus tauvina [[/underline]] | spotted grouper | Hamūr (large), balūl (small) 46.|[[underline]] Lethrinus nebulosus [[/underline]] | dog face porgy | shuḥdhūdh (small), shi'ri (large) 47.|[[underline]] Lethrinus miniatus [[/underline]] | red gill dog face porgy | bakhshīyah 48.| Atherinidae | silverside | mankūzah 49.|[[underline]] Gnathodentex [[/underline]] ? (see #3) | 50.|[[underline]] Heniochus acuminatus [[/underline]] | black & white butterfly fish | mushṭ al'arūs, mushaiṭ 51.|[[underline]] Decapterus russelli [[/underline]] | mackerel scad | jinnaiyah 52.|[[underline]] Cephalopholis ? [[/underline]] | black grouper | subaiti burtam [[insertion above]] ṣakhalah (Bahrain) [[/insertion above]] 53.|[[underline]] Seriola [[/underline]] ? | smooth jack | samak at ṭair 54.|[[underline]] Pelates quadrilineatus [[/underline]] | black striped grunt | jimjāmah 55.|[[underline]] Thenus orientalis [[/underline]] (Lund) | mole lobster | um al rubyān 56.| | shrimp | rubyān 57.|[[underline]] Sparus datnia [[/underline]] (see #29) 58.|[[underline]] Ostracion cubicus [[/underline]] | trunkfish | samak at yūn,is 59.|[[underline]] Arius thalassinus [[/underline]] | sea catfish | kimm [[/table]]
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don't know how to indicate dots under "h"s and "t"s in Arabic names.
Here they are for copy & pasteing etc - ḥ ṣ ṭ - would do it myself but have to stop for a bit - sorry! Finished it. :-)
