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[[start page]] 174 Persian Gulf fishes [[table with 4 columns: column 1: item number; columns 2-4 named: Scientific name, English, Arabic]] | Scientific name | English | Arabic 118.|[[underline]] Caranx [[/underline]] (see #53) 119.|[[underline]] Caranx [[/underline]]| jackfish (small) | ūthainī? 120.|[[underline]] Plectorhynchus [[/underline]] | large grey grunt | shukūl (Saihat) 121.| long spined sea urchin (see #87) 122.|[[underline]] Ophichthys [[/underline]] | worm eel | naukūkah 123.|[[underline]] Lethrinus [[/underline]] | black dog face porgy | imokh? 124.| | sea turtle | hamasah 125.| filefish (see#32) 126.| | sea weed | kinn 127.| | brown frizzle sea weed | hashīsh 128.|[[underline]] Ulva [[/underline]] | sea lettuce | Kinn 129.| | clam | ? 130.| pearl oyster | | shigerr, kharāb? 131.| | pearl | lūlū 132.| sea turtle (see #123) 133.|[[underline]] Lutjanos [[/underline]] (spot) (see #44) 134.|[[underline]] Trachinotus [[/underline]] (see 112) 135.| | oyster (true, edible) | kharrātah 136.|[[underline]] Caranx [[/underline]] ? | jackfish | khail 137.| - | shark | farsh? 138.| | like kan'ad (round white, smaller) | hammām 139.| | rock bottom | gasar 140.| | | imad ?(see 123) 141.|[[underline]] Lethrinus miniatus [[/underline]] (see 47) | red gill porgy | bakashīn 142.|[[underline]] Mugil [[/underline]] | small mullet | maidi 143.| | white like subaiti, smaller | badhah 144.|[[underline]] Plectorhynchus [[/underline]] (see #6) | spotted grunt (like sāfi, only has scales") | yanamah 145.| | billfish | ghilī? 146. edible oyster (see #135) [[end page]] [[start page]] [[right corner]] 175 [[/right corner]] Journal Bombay Natural History Soc. Vol. XXXI, no.4 1926 good references on fish of P. Gulf & pearl fisheries pp.651 -52 pp.643 - 6 History of British marine & river surveys in the Persian gulf "Summary of Sci. research in the Persian Gulf" by A.T. Wilson [[arrow above "A.T. Wilson" pointing to sentence above it]] [[horizontal line across page]] Persian gulf fishes cont. [[table with 4 columns: column 1: item number; columns 2-4 named: Scientific name, English, Arabic]] | Scientific name | English | Arabic 147.| | | luuluh? 148.|[[underline]] Caranx [[/underline]] ? (blue grey back, dark meat) | | sayd? 149.|[[underline]] Petrometopon [[/underline]] ? | grouper(black spots) | kanainūwah 150.|[[underline]] Istiophorus [[/underline]] ? | swordfish, marlin | jarjūr abú saif (see #109) 151.|[[underline]] Sparus spinifer [[/underline]] (see #15) 152.|[[underline]] Cyprinodon dispar [[/underline]] | Killyfish | haracīm(Hofūf) 153.|[[underline]] Mugil [[/underline]] | fresh water mullet | hurt (Hofūf) 154.| | fresh water snail | haswah " [[ditto for: Hofūf]] 155.| | fresh water turtle | jāauni kraidi " [[ditto for: Hofūf]] 156.| | fresh water rooted grass | hashhīsh " [[ditto for: Hofūf]] 157.| | date garden spring | 'ain " [[ditto for: Hofūf]] 158.| | scaleless fish | hīf 159.|[[underline]] Carcharias [[/underline]] | large shark | jarjūr 160.| | grouped rocks on bottom | fasht 161.| | hermit crab | khabbānah 162.|[[underline]] Trichiurus muticus [[/underline]] | (Red Sea) scabbard fish | kumfer 163.|[[underline]] Carcharias [[/underline]] | shark | khaltaf [[/table]] [[end page]]
Transcription Notes:
163. might be khattaf?
several Arabic names with an "h" need the dot under the "h" (but I don't know how to signify)
