Tuesday 21 May
In the News: First crane egg in the western UK in four centuries
تمثل البحار التي تحيط بالإمارات العربية المتحدة موطناً لتنوع غني من الأسماك البحرية، يفوق 500 نوع مسجل، بدءا من أسماك القرش الكبيرة إلى فرس البحر الصغير، ومن تونة المحيط إلى مجموعة من الأنواع التي تعيش في الشعاب المرجانية. وعلى الرغم من أن مسطحات المياه العذبة شحيحة في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، إلا أنه يوجد ثلاثة أنواع أصلية ونوعين آخرين تم جلبهم تتواجد بشكل أساسي في وديان جبال الحجر.
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Like other bottom-dwelling shark species, the Arabian carpetshark (Chiloscyllium arabicum) does not require a streamlined body for rapid…
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One of only three native fish species found in freshwater in the United Arab Emirates, the Arabian killifish (Aphanius dispar) is a small…
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Information on the areloate grouper is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the black-finned melon butterflyfish (Chaetodon melapterus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is the most commonly encountered species of shark in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs…
The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a large, stout shark, with a long, pointed snout and small eyes. Its torpedo-shaped body, grey…
The blacktip topeshark (Hypogaleus hyugaensis) is a small, slender hound shark (a shark of the family Triakidae) with a greyish-bronze body…
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Information on the blue-streak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Named for its distinctive mouth which undulates like a longbow, this deep-bodied guitarfish is unmistakable. The species has a broad…
Information on the broomtail wrasse (Cheilinus lunulatus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Clark's anemonefish is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
The characteristic heart-shaped silhouette of the clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin) is the result of a somewhat bizarre feature of…
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With a broad, depressed head, elongated body, and powerful tail fin, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is often mistaken for a shark, but it…
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Information on the cocktail wrasse (Pteragogus flagellifer) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the common parrotfish (Scarus psittacus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the crescent-tail wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on the daisy parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Like other groupers, the dotted grouper has a robust body with a spiny dorsal fin and a rounded caudal fin. As its name suggests, small dark…
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The robust, elongate body of the duskytail grouper is brownish to purplish-grey in colour and covered with numerous small, yellow, orange or…
Information on Ehrenberg's snapper is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The eightbar grouper (Epinephelus octofasciatus) owes its name quite simply to the presence of eight, broad, dark-brown bars that cross its…
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Information on the ember parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on the emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
An intricate pattern of spots, blotches and bars decorates the robust body of the epaulet grouper. With the exception of the underside, the…
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A beautiful bright yellow fish of reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, the five-lined snapper (Lutjanus quinquelineatus) is so…
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Information on Gardiner's butterflyfish is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the giant trevally is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Distinguished from other trevally species by its striking colouration, the golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) is beautiful bright…
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The massive and well-known great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) has the most distinctive hammer of its genus. It is particularly wide and…
The Gulf torpedo is an electric ray with a flattened disc-shaped body well suited to its ocean bottom habitat. It is beautifully decorated…
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Information on the herringbone butterflyfish is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the horseshoe butterflyfish is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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With its huge, sail-like dorsal fin, long, pointed bill, and graceful, elongated body, the Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) …
Information on the Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on Iniistius bimaculatus is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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A boldly patterned, small fish, the jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua) is characterised by the curved, dark brown bands that run along the…
With their horse-like head, upright posture, locomotive dorsal fin, and prehensile tail, the seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) are some of the…
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The leopard shark is an immediately recognisable, stunningly attractive species, which derives its common name from its distinctive markings…
Information on the long-rayed silver biddy is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the longfin bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
The second smallest of all tunas (Thunnus spp.), the longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) is unique among the ‘true’ tunas, being the only…
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Information on the narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) is currently being researched and written and will appear…
Information on the one-line rainbowfish is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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With a deep, flattened, streamlined body, the orange spotted trevally (Carangoides bajad) is a powerful, fast-swimming predatory fish of the…
A rather large, robust marine fish, the orange-spotted grouper has an elongated body which is tan above, shading to whitish below. The head…
Information on the orbicular batfish is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Named after the inspirational cubist painter, Pablo Picasso, the Picasso triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi) has a beautiful, colourful…
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A large, streamlined predatory fish with a fierce appearance, the pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is capable of quickly pursuing its…
Information on the purple-brown parrotfish (Scarus fuscopurpureus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The redmouth grouper is a robust, reef fish with a deep, compressed body. It is generally dark brown to black in colour, occasionally with…
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