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Day's goby, Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941 (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the desert Sawa Lake, south-west Baghdad, Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2015

Mustafa S.F. Ziyadi ,
Laith A. Jawad ,
Mustafa A. Almukhtar  and
Thomas Pohl
Mustafa S.F. Ziyadi
Affiliation:
Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
Laith A. Jawad*
Affiliation:
Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand
Mustafa A. Almukhtar
Affiliation:
Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
Thomas Pohl
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining, Institute for Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg 09599, Germany
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: L.A. Jawad, Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand email: laith_jawad@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Three adult specimens of the fish species Acentrogobius dayi were collected from Sawa Lake, south-west of Baghdad, Iraq. The current report represents the first record of A. dayi from Sawa Lake and from other inland water bodies of Iraq.

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new recordIraqunderground watershrimpfish
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e148
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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