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Abstract
The Arabian Gulf is an offshoot from the Indian Ocean with
a surfac_e ar_ea _p_j’ ili’NQ)(_im<>tels 2£6 1000 krn2. The Gulf is a
shallow semi-enclosed area in a highly arid climatic zone
(Grasshoff, 1976).
Qatar is a peninsula, projecting towards the central part
of the Gulf and located almost midway between Shatt Al Arab in
the North and the Strait of Hormuz in the South (Fig. 1,A). The
State of Qatar includes this mainland peninsula and a number of
islands around it (Fig.1,B).
Qatari water is defined as the body of water which is
within the boundaries demarkated by the State of Qatar for the
’exclusive economic zone’. The surface area of Qatari water is
estimated to be about 35,000 krn2, which is about 15% of the
area of the Arabian Gulf (Sivasubrarnaniam and Ibrahim, 1984).
The fish fauna in various parts of the Arabian Gulf has
been described by various authors (White and Barwani, 1971;
Kuronurna and Abe, 1972; Al-Kholy and Soloviov, 1978; Randall
et al, 1978; Al Daharn, 1979; Al Sedfy et al, 1982 and Sivasubramaniarn
and Ibrahim, 1982). Fishes of the Qatari waters
belong to 136 species which are classified in 54 families of
teleosts and elasmobranchs (Sivasubramaniam and Ibrahim, 1982).