Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran

The present study provides the first large scale survey on intertidal ichthyofauna along the coastline of Iran from Gawater Bay (Border of Pakistan) in the Gulf of Oman to ArvandKenar (Border of Iraq) in the Persian Gulf. This study was carried out in the years 2005-2006 at 15 stations, including ma...

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Main Authors: M. Ghanbarifardi, M. Malek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad 2007-05-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics
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Online Access:https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_24848_29433d0522c5e66053877aecfcd72300.pdf
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description The present study provides the first large scale survey on intertidal ichthyofauna along the coastline of Iran from Gawater Bay (Border of Pakistan) in the Gulf of Oman to ArvandKenar (Border of Iraq) in the Persian Gulf. This study was carried out in the years 2005-2006 at 15 stations, including mangrove, mudflat and rocky shores. Specimens were collected at low tide from tide pools, using chlorine and hand net. Although 36 species from 15 families were collected only 17 species including Alticus kirkii, Antennablennius bifilum, A. variopunctatus, Istiblennius edentulous, I. pox, I. spilotus, Parablennius opercularis, Omobranchus fasciolatus, O. mekranensis, O. punctatus, (belong to family Blenniidae) and Boleophthalmus dussumieri, Periophthalmus waltoni, Scartelaos tenuis, Acentrogobius dayi, Bathygobius meggitti, Cryptocentroides arabicus and Istigobius ornatus (belong to family Gobiidae) were regarded as permanent residents.
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spelling doaj.art-e8e105dcfb1b458f82e092f78d4f855f2022-12-22T03:20:15ZengFerdowsi University of MashhadIranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics1735-434X2423-42222007-05-013110.22067/ijab.v3i0.38224848Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, IranM. Ghanbarifardi0M. Malek1Ferdowsi University of MashhadUniversity of TehranThe present study provides the first large scale survey on intertidal ichthyofauna along the coastline of Iran from Gawater Bay (Border of Pakistan) in the Gulf of Oman to ArvandKenar (Border of Iraq) in the Persian Gulf. This study was carried out in the years 2005-2006 at 15 stations, including mangrove, mudflat and rocky shores. Specimens were collected at low tide from tide pools, using chlorine and hand net. Although 36 species from 15 families were collected only 17 species including Alticus kirkii, Antennablennius bifilum, A. variopunctatus, Istiblennius edentulous, I. pox, I. spilotus, Parablennius opercularis, Omobranchus fasciolatus, O. mekranensis, O. punctatus, (belong to family Blenniidae) and Boleophthalmus dussumieri, Periophthalmus waltoni, Scartelaos tenuis, Acentrogobius dayi, Bathygobius meggitti, Cryptocentroides arabicus and Istigobius ornatus (belong to family Gobiidae) were regarded as permanent residents.https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_24848_29433d0522c5e66053877aecfcd72300.pdfblenniidaegobiidaeintertidal zonepersian gulfgulf of oman
spellingShingle M. Ghanbarifardi
M. Malek
Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics
blenniidae
gobiidae
intertidal zone
persian gulf
gulf of oman
title Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran
title_full Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran
title_fullStr Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran
title_short Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran
title_sort permanent intertidal fish from the persian gulf and gulf of oman iran
topic blenniidae
gobiidae
intertidal zone
persian gulf
gulf of oman
url https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_24848_29433d0522c5e66053877aecfcd72300.pdf
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