Laith A. Jawad¹ , Mustafa A. Al-Mukhtar^{2, †} , Sabir H. Subr³

1. Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand
2. Fish Biology/ Aquaculture, Department of Aquaculture and Marine Fisheries, Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Iraq
3. Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
† Deceased
Author    Correspondence author
International Journal of Marine Science, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 57   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0057
Received: 07 Dec., 2016    Accepted: 26 Dec., 2016    Published: 26 Dec., 2016

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Jawad L.A., Al-Mukhtar M.A., and Subr S.H., 2016, Occurrence of population of Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) in Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq, International Journal of Marine Science, 6(57): 1-4 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0057)

The first record of a Photopectoralis bindus with a maintainable population from Shatt al-Arab River, Basra, Iraq is reported. The specimens were caught from the middle reaches of Shatt al-Arab River at the City of Basrah, Iraq in November 2015. The capture of adult specimens (n = 30), marks the establishment of P. bindus in a new freshwater environment different to its original habitat. Changes in abundance of phyto and zooplankton and other environmental factors in Shatt al-Arab recently might be responsible for such an establishment.

Range extension; Freshwater; Arabian Gulf; Leognathidae