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GROUP B, SECOND CLASS FISHES

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English name       Arabic common names           Scientific name             Similar species in U. S. waters if any
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                   Persian Gulf     Red Sea

Parrotfish         geen             dowahlee     [[underlined]]Scarus dussemieri[[/underlined]]       parrotfish

Spike perch,       sawfee           seejan       [[underlined]]Siganus siganus[[/underlined]]
 siganid

Small shark        nauth (small)    oz (small)   [[underlined]]Carcharhinus menisorrah[[/underlined]] ground shark
                   yaryoor (large)  guerche (large)

Guitar ray         soos (large)
                   hirairee (small) dafam        [[underlined]]Rhynchobatus djiddensis[[/underlined]]

Large tooth
 herring           hurff                         [[underlined]]Chirocentrus dorab[[/underlined]]

Billfish           hagool           hilm         [[underlined]]Tylosurus[[/underlined]] sp.           billfish

Flyingfish         jerradah         abu tayar    [[underlined]]Parexocoetus[[/underlined]]            flying fish

Flat sided
 billfish          ghurraidy                     [[underlined]]Ablennes hinas[[/underlined]]

Striped grunt      zamroor                       [[underlined]]Terapon[[/underlined]]

Sand perch         hasoon                        [[underlined]]Sillago sihama[[/underlined]]    

Spot snapper       naisarah         sam loog     [[underlined]]Lutjanus monostigma[[/underlined]]     lane snapper

Brown line grunt   bzaimeeyah                    [[underlined]]Scolopsis personatus[[/underlined]] 

Moharra            musallaqah       guss         [[underlined]]Gerres cyena[[/underlined]]         mojarra (Gerridae)

Grey grunt         shukool          guttreen     [[underlined]]Plectorhynchus schotaf[[/underlined]]

Red goatfish       hamer arabi      abu diggeen  Mulloidichtyus auriflamma                        goatfish (Mullidae)

Barred goatfish    hamer bahraini                [[underlined]]Upeneus tragula[[/underlined]]     goatfish (Mullidae)

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Red gill porgy     baksheeyah                    [[underlined]]Lethrinus miniatus[[/underlined]]

Broad porgy        shem                          [[underlined]]Sparus datnia[[/underlined]]

Band head porgy    faskar           rubuq        [[underlined]]Sparus bifasciatus[[/underlined]]

Spot tail porgy    mushawah                      [[underlined]]Scarus noet[[/underlined]]

Brown tooth porgy  buttanah                      [[underlined]]Crenidens crenidens[[/underlined]]

Square head porgy  qurqufan                      [[underlined]]Crenidens[[/underlined]]

Purple angel fish  unfooz                        [[underlined]]Pomacanthus maculosus[[/underlined]]

Mullet             maidee, beech    arabi        [[underlined]]Chelon[[/underlined]]                   mullet

Sole               hofar                         [[underlined]]Brachirus orientalis[[/underlined]]     sole

3 spined fool fish kulaib al dau                 [[underlined]]Triacanthus indicus[[/underlined]]

Bait fishes

Silversides        machuse                       Atherinidae                                           silversides

Halfbeak           sils             gumburool    [[underlined]]Hemirhamphus[[/underlined]]             halfbeak

Sardine            oom                           [[underlined]]Sardinella[[/underlined]]               sardine

Scad               seenah                        [[underlined]]Trachurops[[/underlined]]               scad

Bait (non-fishes)

Cuttle fish        khatthug

Blue claw crab     goob goob       abu mguss                                                           blue crab

Shrimp             rubyon          rubyon                                                              shrimp

Mole lobster       mur al rubyon                                                         mole lobster of West Indies

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