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 36. Ambassis gymnocephalus ( Lacepède, 1802 ) ―Bald Glassy, Bald Glassy perchlet ―Native Taxonomy. Original description: Lutjanus gymnocephalus Lacepède, 1802:181 , 216 [from Le grand Océan équinoxal or dans les parties de ce grand Océan voisines des tropiques” (Indo-Pacific); No types known]. Synonyms: Lutianus gymnocephalus Lacepede, 1801 . Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Esmaeili et al . (2022) . General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea , north to Taiwan , south to Cairns ( Queensland , Australia ). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman : Al Bahayes, Muscat Governorate . It is a richly vegetated Wadi, adjusted to the Oman Sea coastal area. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).