DOI: 10.2478/cjf-2019-0021
Short communication, Note
FIRST RECORD OF HARRY HOTLIPS Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802) (Perciformes: Haemulidae) FROM THE IRANIAN COAST OF THE GULF OF OMAN
2019, 77 (4) p. 271-274
Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mina Khajavi
Abstract
Harry hotlips (Plectorhinchus gibbosus), belonging to the fish family Haeumulidae, is recorded for the first time off the Iranian coast of the Oman Sea, Chabahar Bay (25°18'N, 60°37'E). Identification confirmed by comparing morphological data of the collected specimen with data of reported congener species off this area.