25. Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853 ―Spine-cheek Gudgeon― Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853:275 [ from Western Sumatra, Indonesia; Holotype (unique): RMNH 25934] . Synonyms: Eleotris acanthopoma hainanensis Wu, 1991; Eleotris hainanensis Chen, 1933); Eleotris wanquanicus Prokofiev, 2012; Eleotris acanthopoma hainanensis Wu, 1991 .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Esmaeili et al. (2022); confirmed by Esmaeili et al. (2023).

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Seychelles; Indonesia east to Micronesia and French Polynesia, north to Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: It was reported for the first time from one locality (Dhofar Governorate, Salalah, Wadi Hasik) located in the inland water body of Oman adjacent to the shore of the Arabian Sea (Esmaeili et al. 2022; Esmaeili et al. 2023).

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).