SPECIES COMPOSITION OF FISH POPULATION AT THE EASTEHN HARBOUR OF ALEXANDRIA.

SPECIES COMPOSITION OF FISH POPULATION AT
THE EASTEHN HARBOUR OF ALEXANDRIA.
A.A. AL-SA YES, I.A. SOLIMAN, AND M.T. IIASIIEM.
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt.
AnSTRcAT
C~nsus data for fish examined at selected sites
in the Eastern Harbour are given quant1taively in
a checl ist. Fourty one sp~cles belonging to twenty
five famfl ies were recorded. This checklfst could
be considered as a guide for the status and structure
of coastal fish populations along the Egyptian
Mediterranean coast.
The study revealed that the number of fish species
observed in the Eastern Harbour is high in relation
to species diversity records for the Egyptian
Mediterranean waters in general.