Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Author Hamidan, Neshat Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-15 5330 2 201 226 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2 journal article 54377 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2 917715f5-0eb8-41fb-9436-99a1181a5b9b 1175-5326 8249316 AA61E68D-3A1B-45BD-821F-E6AD862F6808

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

Family	Species	Status	Country	IUCN status
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Anguillidae	Anguilla bengalensis	Native	Yemen	Near threatened
Anguillidae	Anguilla bicolor	Native	Yemen	Near threatened
Leuciscidae	Acanthobrama hadiyahensis	Endemic	Saudi Arabia	Critically Endangered
Cyprinidae	Arabibarbus arabicus	Endemic	Yemen, Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Cyprinidae	Arabibarbus hadhrami	Endemic	Yemen	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Carasobarbus apoensis	Endemic	Saudi Arabia	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Carasobarbus exulatus	Endemic	Yemen	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Cyprinion acinaces	Endemic	Yemen, Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Cyprinidae	Cyprinion mhalense	Endemic	Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Cyprinidae	Cyprinion muscatense	Endemic	Oman, UAE	Least Concern
Cyprinidae	Garra barreimiae	Endemic	Oman, UAE	Least Concern
Cyprinidae	Garra buettikeri	Endemic	Saudi Arabia	Vulnerable
Cyprinidae	* Garra dunsirei	Endemic	Oman	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Garra gallagheri	Endemic	Oman	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Garra lautior	Endemic	Yemen	Endangered
Cyprinidae	* Garra longipinnis	Endemic	Oman	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Garra mamshuqa	Endemic	Yemen	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Garra sahilia	Endemic	Yemen, Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Cyprinidae	Garra shamal	Endemic	Oman	Vulnerable
Cyprinidae	Garra sharq	Endemic	Oman	Endangered
Cyprinidae	Garra tibanica	Endemic	Yemen, Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Clariidae	Clarias gariepinus	Exotic	Saudi Arabia	Exotic, Least Concern
Loricariidae	Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus x Pterygoplichthys pardalis	Exotic	Saudi Arabia	Exotic, Least Concern
Aphaniidae	Aphaniops dispar	Native	Yemen, Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Aphaniidae	Aphaniops kruppi	Endemic	Oman, Yemen	Least Concern
Aphaniidae	Aphaniops stoliczkanus	Native	Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait	Least Concern
Poeciliidae	Gambusia holbrooki	Exotic	Saudi Arabia	Exotic, Least Concern
Poeciliidae	Poecilia latipinna	Exotic	Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain	Exotic, Least Concern
Poeciliidae	Poecilia reticulata	Exotic	Saudi Arabia	Exotic, Least Concern
Poeciliidae	Poecilia sphenops	Exotic	Saudi Arabia, UAE	Exotic, Least Concern
Poeciliidae	Xiphophorus maculatus	Exotic	Saudi Arabia	Exotic, Least Concern
Gobiidae	Awaous jayakari	Native	Oman, Yemen, UAE	Least Concern
Gobiidae	Oxyurichthys omanensis	Endemic	Oman	Not Evaluated
Gobiidae	Cryptocentroides arabicus	Native	Saudi Arabia, Oman	Least Concern
Gobiidae	Favonigobius melanobranchus	Native	Oman	Near Threatened
Gobiidae	Favonigobius reichei	Native	Oman	Least Concern
Gobiidae	Glossogobius tenuiformis	Native	Oman	Not Evaluated
Eleotridae	Ophiocara porocephala	Native	Oman	Least Concern
Eleotridae	Eleotris acanthompus	Native	Oman	Least Concern
Terapontidae	Terapon jarbua	Native	Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen	Least Concern
Ambassidae	Ambassis gymnocephalus	Native	Oman	Least Concern
Cichlidae	Oreochromis aureus	Exotic	Saudi Arabia	Exotic, Least Concern
Cichlidae	Oreochromis mossambicus	Exotic	Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE	Exotic, Least Concern
Cichlidae	Oreochromis niloticus	Exotic	Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, Oman	Exotic, Least Concern
Chanidae	Chanos chanos	Native	Oman, Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Mugilidae	Mugil cephalus	Native	Yemen	Least Concern
Mugilidae	Planiliza abu	Native	Saudi Arabia	Least Concern
Mugilidae	Planiliza macrolepis	Native	Oman	Least Concern