Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Popular food fish whose numbers are highly likely to be declining as a result. Caught using handlines, traps, gillnets, bottom trawls and spear guns (Ref. 9773). Gulf of Oman (Ref 90102). Museum: off Muscat, BMNH 1892.16.1; BPBM 21334 (Ref. 5222). Also Ref. 4787, 89707. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html |