Some ecological characteristics and ichthyofauna of surrounding Sammaliah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Some physical and chemical characteristics and ichthyofauna of waters surrounding Sammaliah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates were described from June 2004 to May 2005.

A total of 14 parameters including air and water temperatures, transparency, pH, salinity, alkalinity, chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulphate and nitrate were analyzed.

Results revealed that the salinity of water was normally over 48 ‰ and attained 59.9 ‰ during July, while water temperature changed from 21°C in February to 33.3°C in July.

Chloride, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium and potassium comprised 95.3 % of sea salts of the Island waters.

The number of ichthyofauna caught from the study region was 49, belonging to 37 genus and 28 families.

Carangidae was the more diverse family, including 3 genera and 4 species, followed by Haemulidae represented by 2 genera and 4 species.