The Living Marine Resources of Somalia

FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes

The Living Marine Resources of Somalia


prepared by
Sommer, C.; Schneider W.; Poutiers J.-M.


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1996

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The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

ISBN: 9251037426

© FAO

SUMMARY

This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of Somalia. This includes shrimps, lobsters, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, sharks, batoid fishes, bony fishes, and sea turtles. Each resource group is introduced by a general section on technical terms and measurements pertinent to that group and an illustrated guide to orders and families of the group. The more important species are treated in a subsequent guide that includes scientific nomenclature, FAO names in English and French (were available), local names used in Somalia, diagnostic features, one or more illustrations, maximum size, and notes on fisheries, habitat, and biology. The guide is fully indexed and a list of further literature is appended.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SHRIMPS AND PRAWNS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Palaemonidae
Hippolytidae
Pandalidae
Solenoceridae
Aristaeidae
Penaeidae
Sergestidae

LOBSTERS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO FAMILIES
Nephropidae
Palinuridae
scyllaridae
BIVALVES
TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO FAMILIES
Pteriidae
Pectinidae
Gryphaeidae
Ostreidae
Tridacnidae

GASTROPODS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO FAMILIES
Trohidae
Strombidae
Muricidae
Turbinellidae

CEPHALOPODS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS AND GUIDE TO ORDERS
Sepiidae
Loliginidae
Onychoteuthidae
Ommastrephidae
Thysanoteuthidae
Octopodidae
Argonautidae

SHARKS

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Rhincodontidae
Stegostomatidae
Ginglymostomatidae
Odontaspididae
Lamnidae
Alopiidae
Scyliorhinidae
Proscylliidae
Triakidae
Hemigaleidae
Carcharhinidae
Sphyrnidae
Squalidae

BATOID FISHES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Pristidae
Torpedinidae
Rhinobatidae
Dasyatididae
Gymnuridae
Myliobatididae
Mobulidae

BONY FISHES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
GUIDE TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES
Elopidae
Megalopidae
Albulidae
Muraenidae
Ophichthidae
Congridae
Muraenesocidae
Clupeidae
Engraulididae
Chirocentridae
Chanidae
Ariidae
Plotosidae
Chlorophthalmidae
Synodontidae
Macrouridae
Ophidiidae
Lophiidae
Atherinidae
Belonidae
Hemiramphidae
Exocoetidae
Berycidae
Holocenteridae
Zeidae
Caproidae
Aulostomidae
Fistulariidae
Scorpaenidae
Triglidae
Dactylopteridae
Platycephalidae
Serranidae
Terapontidae
Kuhliidae
Priacanthidae
Sillaginidae
Malacanthidae
Lactariidae
Pomatomidae
Rachycentridae
Echeneidae
Carangidae
Coryphaenidae
Menidae
Leiognathidae
Bramidae
Lutjanidae
Caesionidae
Lobotidae
Gerreidae
Haemulidae
Sparidae
Lethrinidae
Nemipteridae
sciaenidae
Mullidae
Kyphosidae
Drepanidae
Ephippidae
Monodactylidae
Scatophagidae
Pomacanthidae
Pentacerotidae
Cirrhitidae
Mugilidae
Polynemidae
Labridae
Scaridae
Pinguipedidae
Callionymidae
Siganidae
Acanthuridae
Sphyraenidae
Gempylidae
Trichiuridae
Xiphiidae
Istiophoridae
Scombridae
Centrolophidae
Nomeidae
Ariommatidae
Psettodidae
Paralichthyidae
Bothidae
Pleuronectidae
Soleidae
Cynoglossidae
Balistidae
Monacanthidae
Diodontidae
Molidae

SEA TURTLES

TECHNICAL TERMS AND MEASUREMENTS
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES