First record of Antennarius coccineus from the Gulf of Oman and second record of Antennarius indicus from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman

Abstract

The present paper reports the first record of one antennarid species from the Gulf of Oman and the second record of another frogfish from the Arabian Sea coasts of Oman. The record of Antennarius coccineus is a north-eastern extension of its distribution in Omani waters. Antennarius indicus was recorded for the second time from the Arabian Sea coasts of Oman.

First record of the slender ponyfish Equuilites elongatus from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman

“…However, new records of species are reported from subsequent studies from Omani waters (Jawad & Al-Mamry, 2009). As earlier investigations have not given a complete list of species available in the area (Jawad & AlMamry, 2009), there is scope for inclusion of new species and new records of fish from the seas of Oman.…”

First Record of Abnormal Body Coloration in Fishes Obtained from Jubail Area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia

“…The distribution of this species is confined to the Red Sea, north of the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman (Craig et al, 2011). Al-Mamry (2009), Jawad andAL-Kharusi (2013), and Jawad and Ibrahim (2014) were the only works have been performed on the color aberration in fishes from the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman areas. No previous studies on ambicoloration of P. playfairi have been done in these areas before.…”

Occurrence of peacock wrasse Iniistius pavo in the Sea of Oman

“…The ichthyofauna of the Arabian Gulf and Omani waters has been described extensively, from the early works of Boulenger (1888Boulenger ( , 1889 to more recent studies (White & Barwani, 1971;Kuronuma & Abe, 1972;Fischer & Bianchi, 1984;Al-Abdessalaam, 1995;Randall, 1995;Jawad & Al-Mamry, 2009;Jawad et al, 2010aJawad et al, , b, 2011a. Recently, the survey of RV 'Al-Mustaqila 1' in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Sultanate of Oman between Ra's Al Hadd and the Oman -Yemen border (McKoy et al, 2009) has provided the most comprehensive ichthyolofaunal survey of Omani waters since the previous surveys of RV 'Dr Fridtjof Nansen' (Kesteven et al, 1976;Saetersdal et al, 1982Saetersdal et al, , 1999Stromme, 1986) and FRV 'Rastrelliger' (Johannesson, 1990).…”