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 45. Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 ―Guppy― Exotic Taxonomy. Original description: Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859:412 [ Guayre River , Caracas , Venezuela ; Syntypes : BMNH 1866.6.6.3 [ex ZMB] (1); ZMB 3468 (9), 3469 (8, lost) ]. Synonyms: Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866 . Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Saudi Arabia by Al-Kahem-Al-Balawi et al. (2008) ; confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020) . General distribution. Northern South America: coastal drainages between the Orinoco delta ( Venezuela ) and the Essequibo River delta, Guyana , Venezuelan Islands, the Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago ; widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia : Wadi Hanifah in Riyadh province , Al-Kharj and Layla Lake south of Riyadh , and Al-Ahsa Oasis, Anik drainage in eastern province. Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade. Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).