Coastal Fishes of Oman, John E. Randall, pp. 1, University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8248-1808-1, ... very shallow compared to other seas of comparable size, the average depth being only 35 m, and huge expanses are only a few metres deep; the greatest depth is only 100 m (this a short distance into the Gulf from the Strait of Hormuz) ...
