High seas accessed by Bahrain: n/a

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Other EEZs accessed by Bahrain: n/a

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Start year: End year:

Year	Mean trophic level	Mean max. length (cm)	FiB Index	Expansion factor
1950	2.7	6	0	1
1951	2.7	6	0	1
1952	2.7	6	0	1
1953	2.7	6	0	1
1954	2.74	14.2	0.34	1.4
1955	2.93	51.5	0.89	2.44
1956	2.99	64.9	1.08	2.94
1957	2.86	38.3	0.87	2.39
1958	2.92	52.7	1.05	2.86
1959	2.94	56.4	1.11	3.03
1960	2.9	44.8	1.15	3.16
1961	2.92	47.9	1.22	3.39
1962	2.9	41.6	1.16	3.19
1963	2.8	23.4	1.12	3.06
1964	2.91	46.5	1.44	4.22
1965	2.92	48.5	1.64	5.16
1966	2.97	55	1.98	7.24
1967	2.96	51.3	2.01	7.46
1968	2.85	31.2	1.78	5.93
1969	2.85	30.8	1.79	5.99
1970	3.44	103	3.71	40.85
1971	3.42	100.8	3.68	39.65
1972	3.43	100.9	3.74	42.1
1973	3.43	99.9	3.81	45.15
1974	3.44	101.5	3.9	49.4
1975	3.43	102.2	3.85	46.99
1976	3.42	98.2	3.92	50.4
1977	3.47	99.4	4.33	75.94
1978	3.48	111.1	4.13	62.18
1979	3.47	110.5	4.04	56.83
1980	3.39	90.7	4.35	77.48
1981	3.42	103.2	4.44	84.77
1982	3.37	103.2	4.3	73.7
1983	3.35	103.7	4.18	65.37
1984	3.27	97	4.1	60.34
1985	3.18	90.8	4.24	69.41
1986	3.27	99.1	4.5	90.02
1987	3.22	91.7	4.39	80.64
1988	3.25	94.5	4.34	76.71
1989	3.27	91.9	4.59	98.49
1990	3.27	89.8	4.46	86.49
1991	3.31	96.3	4.57	96.54
1992	3.34	92.9	4.57	96.54
1993	3.24	88.2	4.47	87.36
1994	3.26	83.2	4.37	79.04
1995	3.19	81.9	4.33	75.94
1996	3.2	72.3	4.81	122.73
1997	3.37	84.1	5.41	223.63
1998	3.36	86	5.37	214.86
1999	3.41	89.3	5.57	262.43
2000	3.42	87.2	5.75	314.19
2001	3.4	84.5	5.56	259.82
2002	3.39	84.8	5.55	257.24
2003	3.37	82.6	5.67	290.03
2004	3.36	75.6	5.65	284.29
2005	3.39	77.7	5.61	273.14
2006	3.33	72.4	5.64	281.46

TL	SLMax(cm)	Common Name	Scientific Name
4.5	279	Indo-Pacific sailfish	Istiophorus platypterus
4.5	205	Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel	Scomberomorus commerson
4.5	98	Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
4.5	189	Shortbill spearfish	Tetrapturus angustirostris
4.47714281082153	367	Billfishes	Istiophoridae
4.46999979019165	100	Queenfishes	Scomberoides
4.46999979019165	93	Kawakawa	Euthynnus affinis
4.46500015258789	122	Needlefishes	Tylosurus
4.46000003814697	150	Goosefishes	Lophiidae
4.46000003814697	100	Malabar blood snapper	Lutjanus malabaricus
4.46000003814697	367	Black marlin	Makaira indica
4.46000003814697	410	Indo-Pacific blue marlin	Makaira mazara
4.44999980926514	192	Largehead hairtail	Trichiurus lepturus
4.40333318710327	179	Barracudas	Sphyraena
4.40000009536743	227	Wahoo	Acanthocybium solandri
4.40000009536743	56	Greater lizardfish	Saurida tumbil
4.3899998664856	52	Indian spiny turbot	Psettodes erumei
4.38500022888184	164	Amberjacks	Seriola
4.38000011444092	122	Needlefishes	Belonidae
4.36999988555908	172	Common dolphinfish	Coryphaena hippurus
4.34999990463257	164	Fourfinger threadfin	Eleutheronema tetradactylum
4.34749984741211	205	Seerfishes	Scomberomorus
4.34000015258789	231	Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares
4.30999994277954	136	Albacore	Thunnus alalunga
4.30999994277954	164	Cobia	Rachycentron canadum
4.29699993133545	56	Lizardfishes	Synodontidae
4.28000020980835	71	Indo-Pacific king mackerel	Scomberomorus guttatus
4.28000020980835	392	Shortfin mako	Isurus oxyrinchus
4.2662501335144	125	Hakes	Merluccius
4.2622218132019	150	Mackerels tunas and bonitos	Scombridae
4.24176502227783	207	Requiem sharks	Carcharhinidae
4.23999977111816	519	Sawfishes	Pristidae
4.23999977111816	289	Blue shark	Prionace glauca
4.2350001335144	60	Frigate tuna	Auxis
4.21999979019165	170	Giant trevally	Caranx ignobilis
4.21333312988281	246	Snake mackerels	Gempylidae
4.19000005722046	100	Whitefin wolf-herring	Chirocentrus nudus
4.18599987030029	421	Hammerhead and bonnethead and scoophead shark	Sphyrnidae
4.17999982833862	95	Striped bonito	Sarda orientalis
4.17999982833862	97	Johns snapper	Lutjanus johnii
4.15000009536743	150	Cutlassfishes	Trichiuridae
4.15000009536743	160	Spottail shark	Carcharhinus sorrah
4.13424253463745	32	Squids	Teuthida
4.07000017166138	164	Yellowtail amberjack	Seriola lalandi
4.05999994277954	126	Longtail tuna	Thunnus tonggol
4.05230808258057	164	Jacks and pompanos	Carangidae
4.03999996185303	45	Pink ear emperor	Lethrinus lentjan
4.02400016784668	98	Snappers	Lutjanus
4.01999998092651	17	Striped piggy	Pomadasys stridens
4.01749992370605	98	Snappers	Lutjanidae
4	300	Sharks rays and skates etc	Sharks or rays and chimaeras
4	15	Bonnetmouths	Inermiidae
3.99000000953674	180	Conger eels	Muraenesox
3.99000000953674	25	Common squids	Loligo
3.98279094696045	190	Sea basses or groupers and fairy basslets	Serranidae
3.97000002861023	60	Alfonsinos	Beryx
3.96499991416931	100	Seabreams (Dentex spp)	Dentex
3.94000005722046	120	Talang queenfish	Scomberoides commersonnianus
3.9300000667572	100	Orange-spotted grouper	Epinephelus coioides
3.91666698455811	43	Scorpionfishes or rockfishes	Scorpaenidae
3.91417288780212	80	Cods	Gadiformes
3.90000009536743	87	Flatheads	Platycephalidae
3.84349989891052	190	Groupers	Epinephelus
3.8199999332428	32	Japanese threadfin bream	Nemipterus japonicus
3.80999994277954	102	Golden trevally	Gnathanodon speciosus
3.78999996185303	100	Croakers	Pseudotolithus
3.78999996185303	65	Smalltooth emperor	Lethrinus microdon
3.77125000953674	20	Lefteye flounders	Bothidae
3.76205897331238	200	Drums or croakers	Sciaenidae
3.72562503814697	111	Smooth-hounds	Mustelus
3.72000002861023	29	Threadfin breams	Nemipterus
3.6949999332428	66	Jack and horse mackerels	Trachurus
3.65000009536743	115	Medusafishes	Centrolophidae
3.64000010490417	62	Black pomfret	Parastromateus niger
3.6324999332428	37	Scads	Decapterus
3.6175000667572	50	Butterfishes	Stromateidae
3.61374998092651	205	Skates and rays	Rajiformes
3.59999990463257	28	Cuttlefishes	Sepiidae
3.59999990463257	87	Bartail flathead	Platycephalus indicus
3.59999990463257	74	Tiger-toothed croaker	Otolithes ruber
3.59999990463257	310	Giant guitarfish	Rhynchobatus djiddensis
3.58588194847107	70	Emperors or scavengers	Lethrinidae
3.57999992370605	68	Octopuses	Octopoda
3.57180309295654	50	Flatfishes	Pleuronectiformes
3.53999996185303	16	Boarfishes	Caproidae
3.53999996185303	62	Santer seabream	Cheimerius nufar
3.53143930435181	56	Perch-likes	Perciformes
3.51166701316834	35	Threadfin breams and Whiptail breams	Nemipteridae
3.5	33	Leopard flounder	Bothus pantherinus
3.5	25	Fourlined terapon	Pelates quadrilineatus
3.5	28	Haffara seabream	Rhabdosargus haffara
3.49874997138977	43	Puffers	Tetraodontidae
3.48000001907349	74	Picnic seabream	Acanthopagrus berda
3.48000001907349	68	Trout sweetlips	Plectorhinchus pictus
3.47857093811035	62	Sea catfishes	Ariidae
3.45749998092651	55	Goatfishes	Mullidae
3.44000005722046	70	Pandoras	Pagellus
3.40000009536743	25	Indian driftfish	Ariomma indicum
3.39000010490417	50	Twobar seabream	Acanthopagrus bifasciatus
3.38166689872742	40	Stingrays	Dasyatidae
3.35863590240479	80	Grunts	Haemulidae
3.30999994277954	86	Spangled emperor	Lethrinus nebulosus
3.30864906311035	164	Porgies	Sparidae
3.29999995231628	16	Lanternfishes	Myctophidae
3.28999996185303	30	Tonguefishes	Cynoglossidae
3.26999998092651	25	Silver biddies	Gerres
3.25250005722046	53	Triggerfishes	Balistidae
3.24714279174805	41	Smelt-whitings	Sillaginidae
3.24000000953674	25	Herrings	Clupeiformes
3.20250010490417	12	Silversides	Atherinidae
3.19000005722046	32	Indian mackerel	Rastrelliger kanagurta
3.19000005722046	80	Javelin grunter	Pomadasys kaakan
3.1800000667572	60	Silver pomfret	Pampus argenteus
3.14000010490417	40	Spiny lobsters	Palinuridae
3.10333323478699	33	Indo-Pacific mackerels	Rastrelliger
3.09999990463257	145	Giant catfish	Netuma thalassina
3.08999991416931	52	Chub mackerel	Scomber japonicus
3.04500007629395	45	Halfbeaks	Hemiramphus
3	25	Crustaceans	Crustacea
3	14	Blue swimming crab	Portunus pelagicus
2.8733332157135	20	Slipper lobsters	Scyllaridae
2.76699995994568	21	Sardinella	Sardinella
2.70000004768372	34	Penaeus shrimps	Penaeus
2.70000004768372	6	Green tiger prawn	Penaeus semisulcatus
2.70000004768372	12	Indian white prawn	Fenneropenaeus indicus
2.67000007629395	18	Blochs gizzard shad	Nematalosa nasus
2.67000007629395	50	Yellowbar angelfish	Pomacanthus maculosus
2.65000009536743	13	Natantian decapods	Shrimps and prawns
2.59999990463257	44	Lobsters and spiny-rock lobsters	Homaridae and Palinuridae
2.59999990463257	30	Marine crabs	Brachyura
2.59999990463257	40	Tropical spiny lobsters	Panulirus
2.52500009536743	120	Mullets	Mugilidae
2.50999999046326	23	Indian oil sardine	Sardinella longiceps
2.5	26	Flathead lobster	Thenus orientalis
2.3199999332428	60	Bluespot mullet	Valamugil seheli
2.11142897605896	34	Rabbitfishes	Siganus
2.03999996185303	60	Hilsa shad	Tenualosa ilisha
2.00368404388428	41	Parrotfishes	Scaridae
2	46	Sea cucumbers	Holothuroidea
2	50	Gulf parrotfish	Scarus persicus

Marine Trophic Index in the waters of Bahrain

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