Laith A. Jawad¹ , Noori A. Nasir² , Abbas J. Al-Faisal² , Qasim M. Sultan³ , Mahmood S. Mahlhal³

1 Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand
2 Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
3 Agricultural Directorate, Thiqar, Iraq
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International Journal of Marine Science, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 52   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0052
Received: 07 Nov., 2016    Accepted: 12 Dec., 2016    Published: 13 Dec., 2016

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Jawad L.A., Nasir N.A., Al-Faisal A.J., Sultan Q.M. and Mahlhal M.S., 2016, Day’s Goby, Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941 (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Southern Marshes, Thiqar, Southwest Baghdad, Iraq, International Journal of Marine Science, 6(52): 1-5 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0052)

The Day’s goby, Acentrogobius dayi (one specimen) was obtained from a marsh near Al-Fuhud Village, south-west of Baghdad, Iraq. The presence of this species in the new habitat is considered a new record for Day’s goby in the southern marshes of Iraq. Possibilities for such presence were presented.

Range extension; New record; Gobiidae; Freshwater; Marshes; Invasion