The sparid fishes of Pakistan, with new distribution records Author Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Author Amir, Shabir Ali Author Masroor, Rafaqat text Zootaxa 2014 3857 1 71 100 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.1.3 23e68cbb-17b7-4dea-aad0-7360b8766cc0 1175-5326 228181 A26948F7-39C6-4858-B7FD-380E12F9BD34 Diplodus omanensis Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984 English Name: Oman Porgy Local names: Kissi (Sindh); Tippuch (Balochistan) ( Figures 9 & 15 , Q; Table 1 ) Diplodus cervinus omanensis Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984 : 103 , Fig. A ( Kuria Muria Bay, Arabian Sea). Diagnosis. Distinguished from other Diplodus by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays XI, 11–12; anal-fin rays III, 10; pored lateral line scales 52; scale rows above and below lateral line 9½ and 17½; scale rows between the fifth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 8(2 AS ) and third anal-fin spine subequal; least infraorbital depth 8.5% of SL; five broad black bars on head and body; one on head through eyes and four on rest of the body. Description. Counts and proportional measurements of Diplodus omanensis are shown in Table 1 . Head and body deep, its depth 37.2% of SL; head large, 37.5% of SL; dorsal profile of head moderately steep; scale rows 5 on cheek; mouth small and horizontal, the maxilla reaching to below anterior margin of eyes and completely hidden under suborbitals when mouth closed; gill rakers small and 14 in number, eight on lower arch; six pairs of projecting incisor teeth in upper jaw and four pairs in lower jaw; posterior part of jaw with three rows of small molars; first dorsal spine is smallest (4.5% of SL) while fourth (14.5% of SL) longest; first anal-fin spine short (4.8% of SL), 2nd and 3rd anal spines subequal (10% of SL); caudal fin forked; upper lobe of caudal fin is slightly longer than lower one; pectoral-fins reaching to anal spine ( Amir et al., 2013 ). Color of fresh specimens . Head and body with silvery grayish to black tinge; five broad black bars from head to body, first one on head through eyes and four on body, first and second indistinctly bifurcated ventrally; two indistinct short narrow black bars ventrally in first silver interspace on body and one indistinct ventrally after second; snout partly grayish and black; margins of fins are also partly yellow and blackish, anal-fins are more blackish. Remarks. Diplodus omanensis was first recorded from Pakistan by Amir et al . (2013) . This species was initially considered to be a subspecies Diplodus cervinus omanensis , described from Oman . Diplodus omanensis was known to be endemic to Oman but its distribution range has been extended up to Iran and Pakistan . The other subspecies Diplodus cervinus hottentotus ( Smith, 1844 ) occurs only in southern Mozambique and South Africa ( Randall, 1995 ).