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

Other Title(s)

ظهور الأسماك ذات الأنف القصير Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786)‎ في شمال محافظة البصرة، جنوبي العراق

Joint Authors

al-Faris, Murtada Abd al-Azim Abd al-Nabi
Ghazi, Abd al-Husayn Hatim
al-Faysal, Abbas Jasim

Source

Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science

Issue

Vol. 33, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.99-104, 6 p.

Publisher

University of Basrah Marine Science Centre

Publication Date

2018-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Naval Science

Abstract EN

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.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Ghazi, Abd al-Husayn Hatim& al-Faysal, Abbas Jasim& al-Faris, Murtada Abd al-Azim Abd al-Nabi. 2018. On the occurrence of the short-nosed tripod fish Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) in the north of Basrah, southern Iraq. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science،Vol. 33, no. 2, pp.99-104.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Ghazi, Abd al-Husayn Hatim…[et al.]. On the occurrence of the short-nosed tripod fish Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) in the north of Basrah, southern Iraq. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science Vol. 33, no. 2 (2018), pp.99-104.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947049

American Medical Association (AMA)

Ghazi, Abd al-Husayn Hatim& al-Faysal, Abbas Jasim& al-Faris, Murtada Abd al-Azim Abd al-Nabi. On the occurrence of the short-nosed tripod fish Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) in the north of Basrah, southern Iraq. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science. 2018. Vol. 33, no. 2, pp.99-104.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947049

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 102-104

Record ID

BIM-947049