27. Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin, 1789) ―Arabian Goby ―Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius arabicus Gmelin,1789:1198 [ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; No types known ]. Synonyms: Gobius djiddensis Bonnaterre, 1788; Gobius arabicus Gmelin, 1789; Gobius anguillaris Forsskål, 1775 .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia in original description by Gmelin (1789); confirmed by Jawad et al. (2021), and Esmaeili et al. (2022) from Oman.

General distribution. Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) to Persian Gulf. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman: Al Bahayes, Hasik, Mugsil, Taqa, and Wadi Shab.

Economic importance. No commercial importance. It can be used in the aquarium industry as an ornamental fish.

Conservation. Least Concern.