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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4.
Acanthobrama hadiyahensis
Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983
―Arabian Bream―
Endemic
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Acanthobrama hadiyahensis
Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983:1
, fig. 1 [
Wadi Hadiyah
, near Hadiyah,
Saudi Arabia
, about
25°33’N
,
38°44’E
;
Holotype
:
NMC 82-0110A
]. Synonyms: None
Status in the Arabian Peninsula.
Recorded from the Arabian Peninsula in original description by
Coad
et al.
(1983)
; by confirmed by
Hamidan & Aloufi (2014)
,
Hamidan & Shobrak (2019)
, and
Freyhof
et al.
(2020)
.
General distribution.
Khaibar and northern Hijaz,
Saudi Arabia
. Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula:
Saudi Arabia
, in springs of Wadi Hadiya in the Khaibar region, and the Qusaiba’a Dam (locally known as Sadd Al-Bint) in Al-Thamad area of Khaibar (Hamidan & Al-Aoufi 2014;
Hamidan & Shobrak 2019
;
Freyhof
et al.
2020
).
Economic importance.
Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.
Conservation.
Critically Endangered (CR).