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 5. Arabibarbus arabicus ( Trewavas, 1941 ) ―Arabian Shabout― Endemic Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus arabicus Trewavas, 1941:14 [ Wadi Kharid , 20 miles northeast of San’a , Yemen ; Holotype (unique): BMNH 1940.2.15.1 ]. Synonyms: None . Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Trewavas (1941) ; reported by Borkenhagen (2014) , and Hamidan & Shobrak (2019) from Saudi Arabia ; confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020) . General distribution. Southern Red Sea and internal basins, southern Saudi Arabia and Yemen . Habitat: freshwater. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Wadi Damad in southern Jizan ( Saudi Arabia ), and Wadi Kharid and Wadi Zabid ( Yemen ) ( Borkenhagen 2014 ; Hamidan & Shobrak 2019 ; Freyhof et al. (2020) . Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).