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Smithsonian Institution
United States National Museum 
Washington, D.C.
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Donald S. Erdman
June 27, 1948
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Fishes: Persian Gulf

preliminary identification of fish collected or seen

[[numbered list in two columns]]
1. Chiloscyllium griseum
2. Carcharias menisorrah
3. Carcharias acutus
4. Dasybatus
5. Devil fish ? #
6. Rhynchobatus djiddensis #
7. R. granulatus
8. Chirocentrus dorab
9. Pussumiera acuta
10. anchovy
11. Dorosoma nasus
12. Sardinella (2 species?)
13. Arius thalassinus
14. Plotosus anguillaris
15. Ophichthyid eel
16. Tylosurus sp.
17. Abennes hians
18. Hemirhamphus
19. flying fish
20. Cyprinodon dispar
21. [[strikethrough]] Epinephelus areolotus ?[[/strikethrough]] Cephalopholis
22. E. tauvina
23. Terapon puta
24. T. jarbua
25. Pelates quadrilineatus
26. Dermogenys
27. Striped grunt ?
28. Apogon thurstoni
29. Apogon sp.
30. Sillago sihama
31. Caranx crumenophthalmus
32. Caranx (sp.)
33. Seriola
34. Chorinemus lysan
35. Traohinotus baillonii
36. Lutjanus fulviflamma ?
[[/first column]]

[[second column]]
37. Lutjanus sp.
38. Nemipterus japonicus
39. Scolopsis personatus
40. Scolopsis sp.
41. Gerres punctatus
42. Gerres sp.
43. Plectorhynchus cinctus
#44. P. schotaf ?#
#45. Mulloidichthys auriflamma ?#
46. Upeneus tragula
47. Upeneus
48. Lethrinus nebulosus
49. L. miniatus
50. Lethrinus (sp.)
#51. Sparus spinifer
52. Sparus datnia
53. Sparus bifasciatus
54. Sparus cuvieri
55. Sargus noct
56. Crenidens crenidens
57. Gnathodentex ?
58. Platax
59. Megaprotodon
60. Heniochus acuminatus
61. Pomacanthus maculosus
62. Pomacentrus (black)
63. Pomacentrus (yellow tail)
64. Abudefduf marginatus
65. Callyodon dussumieri
#66. Choerodon ?
67. Halichoeres (green)
68. grey wrasse
69. Plesiops nigricans
70. Plesiops (brown)
71. Pseudochromid (orange & blue)
72. Siganus siganus
73. Siganus punctatus
[[/second column]]

# specimens seen but not in collection

Transcription Notes:
Darn spell check popped up and changed some items. --I just hate when that happens!