References Used for Oman (OMN)
n = 158
Ref. No. Description
55 Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO.
188 Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO.
189 Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO.
244 Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO.
247 Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO.
1371 Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p.
1602 Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
2295 Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 9. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(9):118 p. Rome: FAO.
3109 Hutchins, J.B., 1984. Balistidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean Fishing area 51. Vol. 1. Prepared and printed with the support of the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). FAO, Rome. Vol. 1.
3287 Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1984. Carangidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 1. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome.
3490 Lal Mohan, R.S., 1984. Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 4. FAO, Rome. pag. var.
3520 Cressey, R.F. and R.S. Waples, 1984. Synodontidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Volume 4. FAO, Rome.
4473 Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 373-384. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
4859 Steene, R.C., 1978. Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd., Australia. vol. 1. 144 p.
5222 Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.
5296 Springer, V.G., 1988. The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (465):134 p.
6181 Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p.
6365 Fouda, M.M. and G.V. Hermosa Jr., 1993. A checklist of Oman fishes. Sultan Qaboos University Press, Sultanate of Oman. 42 p.
9018 Winterbottom, R. and M. Burridge, 1993. Revision of the species of Priolepis possessing a reduced transverse pattern of cheek papillae and no predorsal scales (Teleostei; Gobiidae). Can. J. Zool. 71:494-514.
9204 Richards, W.J., 1992. Comments on the genus Lepidotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indian and Pacific oceans. Bull. Mar. Sci. 51(1):45-65.
9772 Sasaki, K., 2001. Sciaenidae. Croakers (drums). p.3117-3174. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). Rome, FAO. pp. 2791-3380.
9859 Compagno, L.J.V. and P.R. Last, 1999. Pristidae. Sawfishes. p. 1410-1417. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome.
9913 Compagno, L.J.V. and P.R. Last, 1999. Narkidae. Sleeper rays. p. 1443-1446. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome.
10678 Randall, J.E. and J.L. Earle, 1994. Doryrhamphus aurolineatus, a new pipefish (Syngnathidae) from Masirah Island, Oman. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14:282-286.
10680 Randall, J.E. and J.L. Earle, 1994. Three new wrasses of the genus Halichoeres (Perciformes: Labridae) from Oman. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14:287-301.
10681 Randall, J.E. and J.K.L. Mee, 1994. A new labrid fish of the genus Thalassoma from Oman. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14:302-308.
10682 Randall, J.E. and A.B. Tarr, 1994. Trichonotus arabicus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae), a new species of sand diver from the Arabian Gulf and Oman. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14:309-316.
10689 Randall, J.E. and J.P. Hoover, 1993. Pseudanthias marcia, a new serranid fish from Oman. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 20(2):47-52.
10914 Manilo, L.G., 1993. New reports of fish on the shelf and upper slope of the Western Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 33(1):128-136.
11293 Randall, J.E. and L.J.V. Compagno, 1995. A review of the guitarfishes of the genus Rhinobatos (Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Oman, with description of a new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 43(2):289-298.
11441 Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
11854 Alcock, A.W., 1889. Natural history notes from H.M.'s Indian marine survey streamer 'Investigator, '... - No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 58(pt. 2, no. 3):279-295.
11904 Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall, 1994. A new species of cardinalfish (Apogon: Apogonidae) from Arabian Seas. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 21(1-2):24-26.
12419 Randall, J.E. and D.W. Greenfield, 1996. Revision of the Indo-Pacific holocentrid fishes of the genus Myripristis, with descriptions of three new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (25):61 p.
12476 Randall, J.E., 1995. A review of the triplefin fishes (Perciformes: Blennioidei:Tripterygiidae) of Oman, with descriptions of two new species of Enneapterygius. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 22(1-2):27-34.
12718 Gill, A.C. and J.E. Randall, 1994. Chlidichthys cacatuoides, a new species of pseudoplesiopine dottyback from southern Oman, with a diagnosis of the genus Chlidichthys Smith, and a new record of Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus from Oman (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 21(1-2):11-18.
12720 Gill, A.C. and J.K.L. Mee, 1993. Notes on dottyback fishes of the genus Pseudochromis of Oman, with description of a new species (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 20(2):53-60.
13575 Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998. Hemiscylliidae. Longtail carpetsharks. p. 1249-1259. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome.
13617 Krupp, F., 1983. Fishes of Saudi Arabia: freshwater fishes of Saudi Arabia and adjacent regions of the Arabian peninsula. Fauna Saudi Arabia 5:568-636.
13691 Winterbottom, R. and J.E. Randall, 1994. Two new species of congrogadins (Teleostei; Pseudochromidae), with range extensions for four other species. Can. J. Zool. 72:750-756.
26764 Winterbottom, R., 1996. A new species of the congrogadin genus Rusichthys from southern Oman (Perciformes; Pseudochromidae), with notes on its osteology. Can. J. Zool. 74:581-584.
27313 Parin, N.V., 1996. On the species composition of flying fishes (Exocoetidae) in the West-Central part of tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 36(5):357-364.
27328 Baker, E. and B.B. Collette, 1998. Mackerel from the northern Indian Ocean and the Red Sea are Scomber australisicus, not Scomber japonicus. Ichthyol. Res. 45(1):29-33.
27664 Springer, V.G., H. Bath and J.E. Randall, 1998. Remarks on the species of the Indian Ocean fish genus Alloblennius Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971, (Blennidae). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(1):19-24.
27821 Eschmeyer, W.N., 1997. A new species of dactylopteridae (Pisces) from the Philippines and Australia, with a brief synopsis of the family. Bull. Mar. sci. 60(3):727-738.
28618 Randall, J.E., 1997. Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished.
31924 Fouda, M.M., G.V. Hermosa Jr. and S.M. Al-Harthi, 1998. Status of fish biodiversity in the Sultanate of Oman. Ital. J. Zool. 65 suppl.1:521-525.
37792 Randall, J.E., 2001. Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p.
39886 Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki and T. Yoshino, 2001. A new species, Polydactylus siamensis, from Thailand and redescription of P. plebius (Broussonet, 1782) with designation of a neotype (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Ichthyol. Res. 48(2):117-126.
41511 de Carvalho, M.R., L.J.V. Compagno and J.K.L. Mee, 2002. Narcine oculifera: a new species of electric ray from the gulfs of Oman and Aden (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). Copeia 2002(1):137-145.
41640 Randall, J.E. and H.A. Randall, 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific. Pac. Sci. 55(3):227-256.
41649 Randall, J.E., 2001. Five new Indo-Pacific gobiid fishes of the genus Coryphopterus. Zool. Stud. 40(3):206-225.
41653 Randall, J.E. and D.W. Greenfield, 2001. A preliminary review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fishes of the genus Gnatholepis. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 69:1-17.
42056 Randall, J.E and K.D. Clements, 2001. Second revision of the surgeonfish genus Ctenochaetus (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (32):33 p.
44791 Karmovskaya, E.S., 1994. Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 34(3):73-89.
45255 Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India.775 p.
46206 Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
46647 Krupp, F., 1988. Freshwater fishes of the Wadi Batha drainage. J. Oman Stud. Spec. Rep. (3):401-404.
49866 de Carvalho, M.R. and J.E. Randall, 2003. Numbfishes from the Arabian Sea and surrounding gulfs, with the description of a new species from Oman (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). Ichthyol. Res. 50(1):59-66.
50681 Collette, B.B., 2003. Family Scombridae Rafinesque 1815 - mackerels, tunas, and bonitos. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (19):28.
54391 Gon, O. and J.E. Randall, 2003. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Archamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae), with description of a new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (35):49 p.
54796 Richards, W.J., T. Yato and P.R. Last, 2003. Revision of the gurnard fish subgenus Otohime (Triglidae: Pterygotrigla). Smithiana, Bull. 2:1-18.
54826 Baldwin, Z.H., 2005. A new species of bullhead shark, genus Heterodontus (Heterodontiformes: Heterodontidae), from Oman. Copeia 2005(2):262-264.
57869 Inoue, T. and T. Nakabo, 2006. The Saurida undosquamis group (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with description of a new species from southern Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 53(4):379-397.
58304 Heemstra, P.C. and E. Heemstra, 2004. Coastal fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre (NISC) and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Grahamstown. 488 p.
68964 Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz, 1997. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. 293p + 17 col. plates. Rome, FAO.
74657 Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006. DIAS. Introduced species in fisheries and aquaculture: information for responsible use and control (CD-ROM). Rome, FAO.
74924 Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki and J.E. Randall, 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res. 55:53-64.
75992 Fricke, R., 2002. Annotated checklist of the dragonet families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (Teleostei: Callionymidae), with comments on callionymid fish classification. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturkd., Ser. A Nr. 645:1-103.
78642 Lloyd, R.E., 1907. Contributions to the fauna of the Arabian Sea, with descriptions of new fishes and Crustacea. Records of the Indian Museum 1:1-12.
80794 Krupp, F. and K. Budd, 2009. A new species of the genus Garra (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Oman. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 15(2):117-120.
82558 Craig, M.T. and J.E. Randall, 2009. Briggsia hastingsi , a new genus and species of clingfish from Oman. Zootaxa 2271:64-68.
83673 Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra, 2010. Taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean species of the genus Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855 (Perciformes: Sparidae), with description of a new species from Oman. Copeia 2010(1):123-136.
85602 Kaga, T., H. Imamura and K. Nakaya, 2010. A new sand whiting, Sillago (Sillago) caudicula, from Oman, the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Sillaginidae). Ichthyol. Res. 57(3):367-372.
85782 Melo, M.R.S., 2010. A revision of the genus Pseudoscopelus Lütken (Chiasmodontidae: Acanthomorphata) with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 2710:1-78.
86333 Jayabalan, N., S. Zaki and L. Al-Kharusi, 2010. First record of the slender ponyfish Equuilites elongatus from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. Mar. Biodivers. Rec. 3:e125.
86817 Uiblein, F., 2011. Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species. Smithiana Bulletin 13:51-73.
87400 Henderson, A.C. and A.J. Reeve, 2011. Noteworthy elasmobranch records from Oman. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 33(1): 171-175.
88195 Jawad, L., J. Al-Mamry and D. Al-Mamary, 2011. First record of toli shad, Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847), from the Oman Sea (Gulf of Oman). J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27(6):1379-1380.
88695 Gill, A.C. and U. Zajonz, 2011. Pseudochromine and pseudoplesiopine dottyback fishes from the Socotra Archipelago, Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species of Pseudochromis Rüppell (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Zootaxa 3106:1-23.
89101 Greenfield, D.W., 2012. Colletteichthys occidentalis, a new toadfish species from the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Arabian Sea (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Zootaxa 3165:64-68.
90035 Gon, O. and G.R. Allen, 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294:1-84.
90102 Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research.
90119 Iwatsuki, Y., L.A. Jawad and J.M. Al-Mamry, 2012. Jonius (Johnius) majan sp. nov., a sciaenid fish (Pisces: Scianidae) from Oman, Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 59:151-155.
91762 DiBattista, J.D., J.E. Randall and B.W. Bowen, 2012. Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Cybium 36(3):447-460.
92171 Larson, H.K. and D.J. Buckle, 2012. A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529:1-69.
92902 Randall, J.E. and J.D. DiBattista, 2013. A new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from the Indian Ocean. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 19(1):1-16.
93095 Randall, J.E., 2013. Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Hemigymnus. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18.
93157 Jawad, L., L. Al-Kharusi, J. Al-Mamry, 2011. On the occurrence of the Egyptian seahorse Hippocampus suezensis Duncker, 1940 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Acta Adriat. 52(1):137-140,
93339 Shakhovskoy, I.B. and N.V. Parin, 2013. A review of flying fishes of the subgenus Hirundichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). 1. Oceanic species: H. speculiger, H. indicus sp. nova. J. Ichthyol. 53(2):117-145.
93653 Jawad, L.A.J. and J.M. Al-Mamry, 2013. New record of the toothpony, Gazza minuta (Osteichthyes: Leiognathidae) from the coasts of Muscat City at the sea of Oman, Sultanate of Oman. Thalassia Sal. 35:3-9.
93831 Mee, J.K.L., 1996. A review and key to the apogonid fishes (Pisces: Perciformes) of the Northwestern Arabian Sea and Southern Gulf of Oman, with description of two new species. Oregon State University: Msc Thesis, 165p.
93969 Matsunuma, M., M. Sakurai and H. Motomura, 2013. Revision of the Indo-West Pacific genus Brachypterois (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), with description of a new species from northeastern Australia. Zootaxa 3693:401-440.
94018 Fricke, R., L.A. Jawad, L.H. Al-Kharusi and J.M. Al-Mamry, 2013. New record and redescription of Uranoscopus crassiceps Alcock, 1890 (Uranoscopidae) from Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean, based on adult specimens. Cybium 37(3):143-147.
94160 Knapp, L.W. and J.E. Randall, 2013. Sunagocia omanensis, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes, Platycephalidae) from Western Indian Ocean, with comments on the distribution of Sunagocia carbuncula. Zootaxa 3718(1):097-100.
94711 Iwatsuki, Y., L.A. Jawad, F. Tanaka, H. Al-Busaidi, J.M. Al-Mamry and L.H. Al-Kharusi, 2013. Omani fishes collected in the vicinity of Mutrah, Gulf of Oman and Madrakah, southern Oman through 3 to 13 October 2010. Bull. Faculty of Agri., Univ. Miyazaki 59:29-43.
95026 Matsunuma, M., L.A. Jawad and H. Motomura, 2013. New records of a scorpionfish, Parapterois macrura (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from Oman and Somalia, Western Arabian Sea. Biogeography 15:49-54.
95256 Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra, 2011. A review of the Acanthopagrus bifasciatus species complex (Pisces: Sparidae) from the Indian Ocean, with redescription of A. bifasciatus (Forsskål 1775) and A. catenula (Lacepède 1801). Zootaxa 3025:38-50.
95675 Koeda, K., T. Yoshino, H. Imai and K. Tachinara, 2014. A review of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3793(3):301-330.
95968 Jawad, L.A. and K. Koeda, 2013. Records of Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker (1855) and Pempheris mangula Cuvier (1829) from the Omani waters. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 29:1378-1379.
96531 Ho, H.-C., J.E. McCosker and D.G. Smith, 2013. Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae; Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean. Zoological Studies 52(58):1-20.
96973 Fricke, R., L.A. Jawad and J.M. Al-Mamry, 2014. Callionymus omanensis, a new species of dragonet from Oman, north-western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). J. Fish Biol. 85(5):1303-1319.
97145 Jawad, L.A., J.M. Al-Mamry, H. Al-Busaidi and D. Al-Mamary, 2014. Occurrence of peacock wrasse Iniistius pavo in the Sea of Oman. Mar. Biodive. Rec. 7(56):1-3.
97146 Jawad, L.A., J.M. AlMamry and H.K. AlBusaidi, 2014. New record of the keeltail pomfret, Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Perciformes: Bramidae) from the Sea of Oman. Intl. J. Mar. Sci. 4(25):227-230.
97685 Matsuura, K., 2015. Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyol. Res. 62(1):72-113.
97766 Randall, J.E. and B.C. Victor, 2014. Four new fishes of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae) from the western Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 12:61-83.
98298 Schwarzhans, W., 2014. Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3888(1):1-73.
98314 Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and F. Uiblein, 2015. Review of the Indo-West Pacific ophidiid genera Sirembo and Spottobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), with description of three new species. Mar. Biol. Res. 11(2):1-21.
103159 Iwatsuki, Y., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Tanaka, A.O. Mal and A.H. Ali, 2015. Range extension of Gerres infasciatus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, with distributional implications for the G. filamentosus complex. Cybium 39(2):155-160.
103877 Craig, M.T., S.V. Bogorodsky, J.E. Randall and A.O. Mal, 2015. Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman, (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3990(1):113-122.
105796 Jawad, L.A., N. Al-Abri, H. Al-Busaidi and J.M. Al-Mamary, 2015. Confirmation of the presence of the Atlantic tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790), in the Sea of Oman. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 31:747-748.
106074 Randall, J.E. and B.C. Victor, 2015. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 18:1-77.
106991 Iwatsuki, Y., F. Tanaka and G.R. Allen, 2015. Lutjanus xanthopinnis, a new species of snapper (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from the Indo-west Pacific, with a redescription of Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes 1831). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 17:22-42.
107896 Randall, J.E. and S.V. Bogorodsky, 2016. Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 20:1-24.
110099 Freyhof, J., 2015. Awaous jayakari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T69115853A69774294. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T69115853A69774294.en.
110188 Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra, 2016. Validity of a blue stripe snapper, Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, L. bengalensis (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528.
111064 Lyon, R.G., M.F. Geiger and J. Freyhof, 2016. Garra sindhi, a new species from the Jebel Samhan Nature Reserve in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4154(1):79-88.
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