Coastal Fishes of Oman

adults Africa anal fin anal rays anteriorly Arabian Gulf band black spot blackish blotches body depth canine caudal fin caudal fin rounded caudal fin slightly caudal peduncle coast ctenoid cycloid dard length dark brown disc dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal profile Dorsal rays dorsal spine dusky edge of eye elongate fishes fork length Forsskål genus gill opening gill rakers Gulf of Oman head length Hoover Indo-Pacific Islands juveniles Largest specimen lateral line lateral-line scales lobe longitudinal scale series lower jaw maxilla median membrane mouth nape narrow oblique opercle pale pectoral fins pectoral rays pelvic fins pelvic rays portion of dorsal posteriorly predorsal scales preopercle preopercular Randall Reaches Red Sea reefs ridge rows scutes second dorsal fin serrate shading to silvery sharks soft portion soft rays southern species spinous standard length stripe toral rays total length upper jaw usually western Pacific whitish yellow yellowish