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Inasmuch as the main population centers until recently have been located from 350 - 700 miles inland from the Gulf, fishing on a large scale has been impracticable. With the growth, however, of the oil centers at Dhahran, Bahrein, Kuwait, Abadan, and Basra, with their large American and European communities, the demand for edible fish should justify commercial fishing operations. 

[[underlined]]Kinds of Fish[[/underlined]]

The fish whose habitat is in the Persian Gulf are: (production figures unobtainable)

1. Persian Gulf sea fish which do not enter the rivers and swamps: 

Dahgouk            (Eleuteronema Tetradactilus)
Zoulieidi          (Pampus Argenteus)
Zoubeidi           (Chondreplites Chinensis)
Halavai            (Pampidae)
Hamour             (Serranidae)
Nagrour            (Pomadsis Argirous)
Nouvebi            (Otolithus Rouber)
Shmai              (Scienidae)
Tao-tao            (Pseudosciene sina)
Zil'a              (Scuoberoidae)
Habbat             (Scuoberoidae)
Tchendal           (Petrus Belayewi)
Bintennahouda      (Scatophagidae)
Mycht Elgavvi      (Percomorphi)
Hassoun            (Sillago Shiams)
Hammam             (Percomorphi)
Wahar              (Plati cefalus Indicus)
Tchoum             (Arius Thalassinus)
Mislak el Bahr     (Heterosomata)
Messannettor       (Cynoglossus Lingva)
Abou Avena         (Ilisha Filigera)
Hoff               (Clupeoidea)

2. Sea fish which enter the Shatt-al-Arab River habitating the river and the southern swamps ([[underlined]]Hors[[/underlined]]) but do not go beyond tide water: 

Biaha              (Mugil oligolepis)
Chanak             (Sparidae-
                    Acanthopagrus Berda)
Yaffoud            (Nematolosa Nazous)
Chiha              (Thrissoclea Purava)
Mislak             (Heterosomata Brachirus 
                    Orientalis) 
Mahiet en Nebi     (Tylosurus Strongilura)

3. Sea fish that enter the Shatt-al-Arab River and the marshes but go beyond tide water up the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun rivers: 

Sbour              (Hilsa Ilisha)
Kosetch            (Karharius Gangeticus)

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