In this paper we present and analyze spreading-parallel seismic transects that image the oceanic crust in eastern Gulf of Aden, from Oman to Socotra margins, across active Sheba mid-oceanic ridge between Socotra-Hadbeen Eastern Aden Fracture Zones. The correlation potential field data sets gravity modelling allow us document spreading history basin onset seafloor ∼16 Ma-ago present. Two main su...

This paper presents a fish inventory of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba. Fish sampling was conducted by means of different fishing gears, monitoring of local fish market and visual census technique. A total of 507 fish species belonging to 109 families with an average of 4.7 species per family; 18 Chondrichthyes and 489 Ostichthyes. The largest families are as follows (number of species in parenthe...