10. Cyprinion mhalense Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 ―Dawasir Lotak― Endemic

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinion mhalensis Alkahem & Behnke, 1983:556, fig. 6a [ Permanent stream in Wadi (Valley) Almhaleh, southeast Abha City, Saudi Arabia; Holotype: CSU coll. Arabia fishes No. 1]. Synonyms: None

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Alkahem & Behnke (1983); confirmed by Krupp (1983), and Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Wadi ad-Dawasir drainage, Saudi Arabia. Habitat: freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Wadis Ḩaḑramawt drainage, Turabah, Afrak, Shuqub, Buwah, Shumrukh, Noaman, and Habayaba (Hamidan & Shobrak 2019; Freyhof et al. 2020).

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).