32. Oxyurichthys omanensis Zarei, Al Jufaili & Esmaeili, 2022 ―Oman’s Eyebrow Goby― Endemic

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxyurichthys omanensis Zarei, Al Jufaili & Esmaeili, 2022:365, figs. 2-6 [Yeti (Yiti) mudflat/estuary at Yeti village, Muscat, Oman, 23°31’52”N, 58°39’51”E; Holotype: ZM-CBSU S105- 19]. Synonyms: None .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Oman in original description by Zarei et al. (2022).

General distribution. Gulf of Oman: Muscat area, northern Oman. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Yeti (Yiti) mudflat/estuary at Yeti village.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Not Evaluated (NE).

Remarks: Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837, Periopthalmus waltoni (Koaumans, 1941) and Scartelaos tenuis (Day, 1876) have also been reported from the mud flats of Oman (Randall 1995, Al Jufaili et al. 2010).