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 im- 

 practicable. "lYith the growth, however, of the oil centers at Dhahran, Bahrein, 

 Kuwait, Abadan, and Basra, vath their large Aiaerican and European communities, 

 the demand for edible fish should justify commercial fishing operations. 



Kinds of Fish ... 



The fish whose habitat is in the Persian Gulf are: (production figures un- 

 obtainable) 



!♦ Persian Gulf sea fish which do not enter the rivers and swamps: 



Dahgouk 



(lleuteronema Tetradactilus ) 



Zoulieidi 



(Pampus Argenteus) 



Zoubeidi 



(Ghondreplites Ghinensis) 



Halavai 



(Pampidae) 



Hamour 



(Serranidae) 



Nagroul? 



(Pom.adsis Argirous) 



Nouvebi 



, (Otolithus Rouber) 



Shmai 



(Scienidae) 



Tao-tao 



(Pseudosciene sina) 



Zil'a 



(Scuoberoidae ) 



Habbat 



(Scuoberoidae ) 



Tchendal 



(Petrus Belayewi) 



Bintennahouda 



(Scatophagidae ) 



Mycht '^^Igavvi 



(Percomorphi ) 



Hassoun 



(Sillago Shiam.s) 



Hammam ' 



(Percomorphi) 



Wahar 



(Plati cefalus Indicus) 



Tchoum 



(Arius Thalassinus) 



Mislak el Bahr 



(Het^rosomiata ) 



Messannettor 



(Gynoglossus Lingva) 



Abou Avena 



(Ilisha Filigera) 



Hoff 



(Clupeoidea) 



2t Sea fish which enter the Shatt-al-Arab Hiver habitating the river and the 

 southern swamps ( Hors ) but do not go beyond tide mter: 



Biaha (Mugil oligolepis) 



Ghanak (Sparidae-Acanthopagrus Berda) 



Yaffoud (Nematolosa Nazous ) 



Ghiha (Thrissoclea Purava) 



Mislak • . ^ (Heterosomata Brachirus Orientaiis) 



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, "^^.uphrates, and Karun rivers: 



Sbour 

 Kosetch 



(Hilsa Ilisha) 

 (Karharius Gangeticus) 



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