Mr. Mustafa Ahmed Almukhtar
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Mr. Mustafa Ahmed Almukhtar

Assistant Professor and HOD
University of Basrah, Iraq

Highest Degree
M.S. in Marine Biology from University of Basrah, Iraq

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Biography

Mustafa Ahmed Almukhtar is an Assistant Professor at Basra University Marine science center. Mustafa Ahmed Almukhtar has more than 75 scientific papers and projects either presented or published. He is an regionally recognized expert in many areas of advanced Fish biology, Fisheries biology and Aquaculture. He is also unregularly lecturer at college of Agriculture, Dept. of fisheries graduated and under graduated studies, and National Symposiums throughout Iraq and regional countries. Assist. Prof. Mustafa Ahmed Almukhtar is the editorial secretariat of the Iraqi Journal of Aquaculture. Recent publications include a paper on the use Age and Growth of Hilsa Shad Tenualosa ilisha (Ham, 1822) based on the Scale Readings during the Spawning migration in to the Iraqi Inland waters. He has served as a member of various scientific societies and acted on a number of institutional committees including the world Aquaculture society and Asian Fisheries society. Assist. Prof. Mustafa Ahmed Almukhtar is recognized by his peers as a Scientific and fish farming expert that integrates new technologies into Aquaculture practice in Basra governorate.

Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
100%
Applied Fish Biology
62%
Aquaculture
90%
Marine Biology
75%
Fisheries
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
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Abstracts
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Selected Publications

  1. Ziyadi, M.S., L.A. Jawad, M.A. Almukhtar and T. Pohl, 2015. Day's goby, Acentrogobius dayi koumans, 1941 (pisces: gobiidae) in the desert Sawa lake, south-west Baghdad, Iraq. Mar. Biodivers. Rec., Vol. 8. 10.1017/S1755267215001220.
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  2. Jawad, L.A., M.A. Al-Mukhtar, H.I. Al-Hilali, A.J. Al-Faisal and A.M. Al-Derawi, 2014. Occurrence of pineconefish Monocentris japonica (teleostei: monocentridae) in the marine waters of Iraq. Mar. Biodivers. Rec., Vol. 7. 10.1017/S1755267214001006.
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  3. Jawad, L.A., M.A. Al-Mukhtar, A.J. Al-Faisal and T. Hammed, 2014. New record of neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894 (actinopterygii: ophidiidae) from the marine waters of Iraq. Int. J. Mar. Sci., 4: 1-3.
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  4. Jawad, L.A., M. Al-Mukkhtar and M.S. Faddagh, 2014. Confirmation of the presence of heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Chaetodontidae) and pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskal, 1775)(Pomacanthidae) in Iraqi marine waters, Arabian gulf. Arch. Zool. Miscellany, 12: 124-129.
  5. Almukhtar, M.A., A.J. Alfaisal, F. Mustafa, A.M. Hassan and S. Abdulgahni, 2014. Classification of groupers genus epinephelus with description of four species for the first time in the Iraqi marine waters. Arab Gulf J. Sci. Res., Vol. 30. .
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  6. Jawad, L.A., A. Al-Faisal and M. Al-Mukhtar, 2012. Presence of the non-indigenous fish species, gibel carp, Carassius gibelio (family: cyprinidae) in Basrah province freshwater systems, Iraq. Water Res. Manage., 2: 41-44.
  7. Al-Mukhtar, M.A., L.A. Jawad, A.J. Al-Faisal and F. Mustafa, 2011. Dotted grouper, Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842)(osteichthyes: serranidae), recorded from the marine waters of Iraq. Zool. Middle East, 54: 136-138.
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  8. Al-Faisal, A.J., A.A. Jabir, M.A. Al-Mukhtar, J.H. Salah, F.J. Al-Zaidy, A.M. Hassan and S.A.A. Abd-Allah, 2011. Morphometric and meristic characteristics of barbus sharpeyi and barbus xanthopterus cross breeding hybrid. J. King Abdulaziz Univ., 22: 127-141.
  9. Al-Duboon, A.H., M.A. Al-Mukhtar, A.A.R. Jassim, S.Q. Bader and J.M. Al-Zawar, 2006. Saprolegniasis of Barbus sharpeyi, Gunther (bunnei fish) in Basrah/Iraq. Iraq J. Aqua, 1: 25-29.
  10. Al Mukhtar, M.A., S.S. Al Noor and J.H. Saleh, 2006. General reproductive biology of bunnei (Barbus sharpeyi Gunther, 1874) in Al Huwaizah marsh, Basra-Iraq. Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 6: 149-153.
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  11. Jawad, L.A., M.A. Al-Mukhtar and H.K. Ahmed, 2004. The relationship between haematocrit and some biological parameters of the Indian shad, tenualosa ilisha (family clupeidae). Anim. Biodivers. Conserv., 27: 47-52.
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  12. Ghafleh, M.J., G.R. Eskandari, M. Almokhtar and K.B. Hasanzadeh, 2004. Study of spawning season and spawning ground of soboor (tenualosa ilisha, ham. bunch., 1822) during its migration in Khuzestan rivers. Iran. J. Fish. Sci., 4: 89-102.