31. Awaous jayakari (Boulenger, 1888) ―Longnose Goby, Arabian Freshwater Goby, Jayakar’s Goby― Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius jayakari Boulenger, 1888:663, Pl. 54 (fig. 2) [ from a freshwater body near Muscat, Oman; Syntypes: BMNH 1887.11.11.234-237 (4)]. Synonyms: Gobius percivali Boulenger, 1901 .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Oman in original description by Boulenger (1888); confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020), Al Jufaili et al. (2021), and Esmaeili et al. (2022).

General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: southern Yemen and Gulf of Oman east to Iran. Possibly introduced in Pakistan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Wadis Shab, Darsit, and several other Wadis adjacent to the coastal area of the Arabian Sea, Dhofar region, UAE, Yemen.

Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).

Remarks: Record of Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters, 1852) in Wadi Hatta watershed (UAE and Oman) is misidentification (Esmaeili et al. 2022).