On the occurrence of the short-nosed tripod fish Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786)‎ in the north of Basrah, southern Iraq

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In this article, we report on the occurrence of the short-nosed tripod fish Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) in the North of Basrah, West of Al-Dair district which was not reported in this region before.

Two specimens were obtained in November 2018 and identified as, T biaculeatus.

They have a total length ranged from 69.0 to 137.0 mm.

The first dorsal fin has 5 spines, the second spine is much less than half the length of the first one.

The ventral surface of the pelvis is slightly tapered to words the posterior end.