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 34. Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843) ―Abu Mullet― Native Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil abu Heckel, 1843:1097 (107) [ Tigris River , near Mosul , Iraq ; Syntypes : NMW 9224-30 (7), 67868 (2)] . Synonyms: Chelon abu (Heckel 1843) ; Liza abu (Heckel 1843) ; Mugil pseudotelestes Pietschmann, 1912 ; Mugil (Liza) abu zarudnyi Berg, 1949 ; Mugil (Liza) hishni Misra, 1943 . Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia by Freyhof et al. (2020) . General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and adjacent Euphrates and Tigris River drainages ( Turkey , Syria , Iraq and Iran ). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia : Al-Ahsa Oasis ( Freyhof et al. 2020 ). Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).