Published August 15, 2023 | Version v1

TABLE 1 in Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist

  • 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 2. Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan

Description

TABLE 1. Diversity of fishes in the inland waters of the Arabian Peninsula. *, subterranean fishes.

FamilySpeciesStatusCountryIUCN status
AnguillidaeAnguilla bengalensisNativeYemenNear threatened
AnguillidaeAnguilla bicolorNativeYemenNear threatened
LeuciscidaeAcanthobrama hadiyahensisEndemicSaudi ArabiaCritically Endangered
CyprinidaeArabibarbus arabicusEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast Concern
CyprinidaeArabibarbus hadhramiEndemicYemenEndangered
CyprinidaeCarasobarbus apoensisEndemicSaudi ArabiaEndangered
CyprinidaeCarasobarbus exulatusEndemicYemenEndangered
CyprinidaeCyprinion acinacesEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast Concern
CyprinidaeCyprinion mhalenseEndemicSaudi ArabiaLeast Concern
CyprinidaeCyprinion muscatenseEndemicOman, UAELeast Concern
CyprinidaeGarra barreimiaeEndemicOman, UAELeast Concern
CyprinidaeGarra buettikeriEndemicSaudi ArabiaVulnerable
Cyprinidae* Garra dunsireiEndemicOmanEndangered
CyprinidaeGarra gallagheriEndemicOmanEndangered
CyprinidaeGarra lautiorEndemicYemenEndangered
Cyprinidae* Garra longipinnisEndemicOmanEndangered
CyprinidaeGarra mamshuqaEndemicYemenEndangered
CyprinidaeGarra sahiliaEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast Concern
CyprinidaeGarra shamalEndemicOmanVulnerable
CyprinidaeGarra sharqEndemicOmanEndangered
CyprinidaeGarra tibanicaEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast Concern
ClariidaeClarias gariepinusExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least Concern
LoricariidaePterygoplichthys disjunctivus x Pterygoplichthys pardalisExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least Concern
AphaniidaeAphaniops disparNativeYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast Concern
AphaniidaeAphaniops kruppiEndemicOman, YemenLeast Concern
AphaniidaeAphaniops stoliczkanusNativeSaudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, KuwaitLeast Concern
PoeciliidaeGambusia holbrookiExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least Concern
PoeciliidaePoecilia latipinnaExoticSaudi Arabia, Oman, BahrainExotic, Least Concern
PoeciliidaePoecilia reticulataExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least Concern
PoeciliidaePoecilia sphenopsExoticSaudi Arabia, UAEExotic, Least Concern
PoeciliidaeXiphophorus maculatusExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least Concern
GobiidaeAwaous jayakariNativeOman, Yemen, UAELeast Concern
GobiidaeOxyurichthys omanensisEndemicOmanNot Evaluated
GobiidaeCryptocentroides arabicusNativeSaudi Arabia, OmanLeast Concern
GobiidaeFavonigobius melanobranchusNativeOmanNear Threatened
GobiidaeFavonigobius reicheiNativeOmanLeast Concern
GobiidaeGlossogobius tenuiformisNativeOmanNot Evaluated
EleotridaeOphiocara porocephalaNativeOmanLeast Concern
EleotridaeEleotris acanthompusNativeOmanLeast Concern
TerapontidaeTerapon jarbuaNativeSaudi Arabia, Oman, YemenLeast Concern
AmbassidaeAmbassis gymnocephalusNativeOmanLeast Concern
CichlidaeOreochromis aureusExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least Concern
CichlidaeOreochromis mossambicusExoticSaudi Arabia, Yemen, UAEExotic, Least Concern
CichlidaeOreochromis niloticusExoticSaudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, OmanExotic, Least Concern
ChanidaeChanos chanosNativeOman, Saudi ArabiaLeast Concern
MugilidaeMugil cephalusNativeYemenLeast Concern
MugilidaePlaniliza abuNativeSaudi ArabiaLeast Concern
MugilidaePlaniliza macrolepisNativeOmanLeast Concern

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Notes

Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 203-204 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 203, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316

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