Hamid T. Al-Saad¹ , Balqees S. Al-Ali² , Luma J. Al-Anber² , Dahfar D. Al-Khion² , Abbas A. Hantoush² , S.M. Saleh² , A.H. Alaial²

1 College of Marine Science, University of Basrah, Iraq
2 Department of Marine Environmental Chemistry- Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Iraq
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International Journal of Marine Science, 2017, Vol. 7, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2017.07.0001
Received: 08 Dec., 2016    Accepted: 09 Dec., 2016    Published: 10 Jan., 2017

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Al-Saad H.T., Al-Ali B.S., Al-Anber L.J., Al-Khion D.D., Hantoush A.A., Saleh S.M., and Aleal A.H., 2017, Total petroleum hydrocarbon in selected fish of Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq, International Journal of Marine Science, 7(1): 1-7 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2017.07.0001)

This study represent the concentrations of TPH in six commercial Luciobarbus xanthopterus, Ctenophyngodon idella, Cyprinus carpio , Tilapia zillii, Palaniza abu and Leuciscus vorax from Shatt Al-Arab river. The highest concentrations of TPH were found in Leuciscus voraxin during Summer 21.52±3.41 μg/g (dry wt.) and the lowest in Tilapia zillii 2.47±0.33 μg/g (dry wt.), while highest concentrations during winter found in Cyprinus carpio 8.2±1.0 μg/g (dry wt.), which is more than other fishes and the low concentration 0.33 μg were found in Tilapia zillii  with level of 2.47±/g (dry wt.). The concentration in fish samples  ordering as the following: Luciscus vorax > Cyprinus carpio > Ctenophyngodon idella > Luciobarbus xanthopterus > Palaniza abu >  Tilapia zillii. This is may be due to the variety of fish feeding habitat and the season of reproduction , also the hydrocarbons found in the fish species of Shatt Al-Arab river are due to food and water sources, type of habitat, environmental factors, and lipid content.

Total petroleum hydrocarbons; Fishes; Shatt AL-Arab; Iraq