42. Aphaniops stoliczkanus (Day, 1872) ―Arabian Killifish, Arabian Tooth-carp― Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinodon stoliczkanus Day, 1872:258 [from a stream at the village Joorun and along edge of the Rann River, Lodai, India, 22°30’N, 69°20’E; Syntypes: (28) AMS B.7730-31 (2), BMNH 1889.2.1.2065-2074 (orig. 21), ZSI 1477-78 (1, 1)] .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia, Oman, and UAE by Freyhof et al. (2017), Freyhof et al. (2020), Esmaeili et al. (2022), and Zarei et al. (2023).

General distribution. Middle East, South Asia: Oman and Persian Gulf east to Pakistan and Gujarat (India). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Widely distributed in the coastal area of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and UAE.

Economic importance. No commercial importance. It has potential to be used as aquarium fish.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).