Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 217

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253159
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scientific name	Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829)
status

Treatment

40. Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829) View in CoL ―Red Sea Killifish― Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Lebias dispar Rüppell, 1829:66 View in CoL , Pl. 18 (figs. 1-2) [ Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 821 ]. Synonyms: Cyprinodon zaccarinii var. airebejensis Gianferrari, 1933 View in CoL ; Cyprinodon cilensis Gianferrari, 1930 View in CoL ; Cyprinodon lunatus Valenciennes 1846 View in CoL ; Cyprinodon darrorensis Gianferrari, 1933 View in CoL ; Cyprinodon zaccarinii Gianferrari, 1933 View in CoL .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia and Yemen by Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Middle East: Shores of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and easternmost Mediterranean Sea basin; Socotra (northwestern Indian Ocean). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia and Yemen: It is widely distributed in the coastal area of Red Sea south to Gulf of Aden.

Economic importance. No commercial importance. It has potential to be used as aquarium fish.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).

Remarks. Esmaeili et al. (2020) recognized Aphaniops as a distinct valid genus name for Aphanius dispar complex group.