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First record of the pixie triplefin Enneapterygius pusillus (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) and confirmation of the presence of cheekspot blenny Parablennius opercularis (Blenniidae) in the north Arabian Gulf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2015

Laith A. Jawad ,
Manickam Nithyanandan ,
Dinesh K. Raja ,
Ratheesh Kesavan  and
Don Pereira
Laith A. Jawad*
Affiliation:
No. 4, Tin Turn Place, Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand
Manickam Nithyanandan
Affiliation:
La Ala Al Kuwait Real Estate Co. K.S.C, Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Environmental Department, Souk Al Kuwait, 6th Floor, Office No. 613, P.O. Box. 22964, Safat 13090, Kuwait
Dinesh K. Raja
Affiliation:
La Ala Al Kuwait Real Estate Co. K.S.C, Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Environmental Department, Souk Al Kuwait, 6th Floor, Office No. 613, P.O. Box. 22964, Safat 13090, Kuwait
Ratheesh Kesavan
Affiliation:
La Ala Al Kuwait Real Estate Co. K.S.C, Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Environmental Department, Souk Al Kuwait, 6th Floor, Office No. 613, P.O. Box. 22964, Safat 13090, Kuwait
Don Pereira
Affiliation:
La Ala Al Kuwait Real Estate Co. K.S.C, Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Environmental Department, Souk Al Kuwait, 6th Floor, Office No. 613, P.O. Box. 22964, Safat 13090, Kuwait
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: L.A. Jawad, Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand email: laith_jawad@hotmail.com
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Abstract

The presence of the fish species Enneapterygius pusillus and confirmation of Parablennius opercularis occurrence in the Kuwaiti waters of the northern Arabian Gulf regions are both reported here. One adult specimen of each species was photographed in the Qit at Binaya patch reef off Al Khiran, in southern Kuwait waters. The pixie triplefin record is a new ichthyofaunal record for the northern Arabian Gulf.

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new recordKuwaitrange extensionunderwater sightingbiodiversity

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e8
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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