TABLE 1 in Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist

TABLE 1. Diversity of fishes in the inland waters of the Arabian Peninsula. *, subterranean fishes.
FamilySpeciesStatusCountryIUCN statusAnguillidaeAnguilla bengalensisNativeYemenNear threatenedAnguillidaeAnguilla bicolorNativeYemenNear threatenedLeuciscidaeAcanthobrama hadiyahensisEndemicSaudi ArabiaCritically EndangeredCyprinidaeArabibarbus arabicusEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast ConcernCyprinidaeArabibarbus hadhramiEndemicYemenEndangeredCyprinidaeCarasobarbus apoensisEndemicSaudi ArabiaEndangeredCyprinidaeCarasobarbus exulatusEndemicYemenEndangeredCyprinidaeCyprinion acinacesEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast ConcernCyprinidaeCyprinion mhalenseEndemicSaudi ArabiaLeast ConcernCyprinidaeCyprinion muscatenseEndemicOman, UAELeast ConcernCyprinidaeGarra barreimiaeEndemicOman, UAELeast ConcernCyprinidaeGarra buettikeriEndemicSaudi ArabiaVulnerableCyprinidae* Garra dunsireiEndemicOmanEndangeredCyprinidaeGarra gallagheriEndemicOmanEndangeredCyprinidaeGarra lautiorEndemicYemenEndangeredCyprinidae* Garra longipinnisEndemicOmanEndangeredCyprinidaeGarra mamshuqaEndemicYemenEndangeredCyprinidaeGarra sahiliaEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast ConcernCyprinidaeGarra shamalEndemicOmanVulnerableCyprinidaeGarra sharqEndemicOmanEndangeredCyprinidaeGarra tibanicaEndemicYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast ConcernClariidaeClarias gariepinusExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least ConcernLoricariidaePterygoplichthys disjunctivus x Pterygoplichthys pardalisExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least ConcernAphaniidaeAphaniops disparNativeYemen, Saudi ArabiaLeast ConcernAphaniidaeAphaniops kruppiEndemicOman, YemenLeast ConcernAphaniidaeAphaniops stoliczkanusNativeSaudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, KuwaitLeast ConcernPoeciliidaeGambusia holbrookiExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least ConcernPoeciliidaePoecilia latipinnaExoticSaudi Arabia, Oman, BahrainExotic, Least ConcernPoeciliidaePoecilia reticulataExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least ConcernPoeciliidaePoecilia sphenopsExoticSaudi Arabia, UAEExotic, Least ConcernPoeciliidaeXiphophorus maculatusExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least ConcernGobiidaeAwaous jayakariNativeOman, Yemen, UAELeast ConcernGobiidaeOxyurichthys omanensisEndemicOmanNot EvaluatedGobiidaeCryptocentroides arabicusNativeSaudi Arabia, OmanLeast ConcernGobiidaeFavonigobius melanobranchusNativeOmanNear ThreatenedGobiidaeFavonigobius reicheiNativeOmanLeast ConcernGobiidaeGlossogobius tenuiformisNativeOmanNot EvaluatedEleotridaeOphiocara porocephalaNativeOmanLeast ConcernEleotridaeEleotris acanthompusNativeOmanLeast ConcernTerapontidaeTerapon jarbuaNativeSaudi Arabia, Oman, YemenLeast ConcernAmbassidaeAmbassis gymnocephalusNativeOmanLeast ConcernCichlidaeOreochromis aureusExoticSaudi ArabiaExotic, Least ConcernCichlidaeOreochromis mossambicusExoticSaudi Arabia, Yemen, UAEExotic, Least ConcernCichlidaeOreochromis niloticusExoticSaudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, OmanExotic, Least ConcernChanidaeChanos chanosNativeOman, Saudi ArabiaLeast ConcernMugilidaeMugil cephalusNativeYemenLeast ConcernMugilidaePlaniliza abuNativeSaudi ArabiaLeast ConcernMugilidaePlaniliza macrolepisNativeOmanLeast Concern
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