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 9. Cyprinion acinaces Banister & Clarke, 1977 ―Arabian Lotak― Endemic Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinion acinaces Banister & Clarke, 1977:123 , fig. 13; Pls. 2, 5, 6 [ Qasam area, Wadi Hadramut , southern Yemen ; Holotype : BMNH 1976.4.7.1 ]. Synonyms: Cyprinion acinaces hijazi Krupp, 1983 . Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Banister & Clarke (1977) ; confirmed by Alkahem & Behnke (1983) ; Krupp (1983) ; Krupp (1985); Borkenhagen & Krupp (2013) , Hamidan & Shobrak (2019) , and Freyhof et al. (2020) . General distribution. Western Saudi Arabia and Yemen . Habitat: freshwater. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen : Wadi Ḩaḑramawt drainage; Saudi Arabia : Wadis Hediyah, Sulayma, Ain al-Hammah and Wadis near Jaddah, ( Freyhof et al. 2020 ). Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).