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
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-15
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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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).