The moonfish, Mene maculata (Perciformes: Menidae), and the crimson snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae), in Omani waters: a questioned occurrence and possible presence of self-sustaining populations
Laith A. Jawad A C , Juma M. Al-Mamry B and Abdul Aziz Al-Marzouqi B
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A Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland 2016, New Zealand.
B Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Muscat, Oman.
C Corresponding author. Present address: 4 Tinturn Place, Auckland, 2016, New Zealand. Email: laith_jawad@hotmail.com
Marine and Freshwater Research 69(11) 1790-1793 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18070
Submitted: 27 February 2018 Accepted: 28 May 2018 Published: 23 August 2018
Abstract
The first confirmed record of the moonfish, Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Perciformes: Menidae), and the crimson snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 (Perciformes: Lutjanidae), in Omani waters is reported on the basis of 10 (M. maculata) and 7 (L. erythropterus) specimens, ranging in total length 290–410 mm and 300–720 mm respectively, which were collected using gill-net on the coast of Muscat City, Oman. Morphometric and meristic data are provided and compared with those of several specimens of these species from other parts of the world. The present study reports on the largest recorded specimen of M. maculata. It also reports on the presence of a sustainable population of both species in the Oman Sea, Sultanate of Oman.
Additional keywords: new maximum record, new record, range extension, Sea of Oman, sustained population.
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