Aphaniops stoliczkanus ( Day, 1872 )
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21. Aphaniops stoliczkanus ( Day, 1872) , Native
Fig. 50 View FIGURE 50
Etymology: Aphaniops : Aphanius -opsis, resembling Aphanius ; stoliczkanus : named for Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838-1874) who worked in India for a number of years.
Common name: Arabian Killifish, Arabian Tooth-carp.
Taxonomy: Cyprinodon stoliczkanus Day [F.] 1872:258 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 41 (pt 2, nos 1-4)] from a stream at the village Joorun and along edge of the Rann River, Lodai, India, 22°30’N, 69°20’E. It was considered as Aphaniops stoliczkanus ( Day 1872) by Esmaeili et al. (2020:5).
Syntypes: (28) AMS B.7730-31 (2), BMNH 1889.2.1.2065-2074 (orig. 21), ZSI 1477-78 (1, 1) .
Short description: Aphaniops stoliczkanus is distinguished from the other Aphaniops in the Arabian Peninsula by combination of the following characters: male usually with wide grey or brown bars at caudal peduncle; tip of dorsal fin reaching to end of hypural complex in nuptial males larger than 40 mm SL; female with a midlateral series of narrow bars, not much wider in upper part.
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 Oman: Ain Musala, Al Hamra, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate; Al Hail, Al Seeb, Muscat Governorate; Al Wasit, Al Bureimi Governorate; Wadi Hoqain, Al Rustaq, Al Batinah Governorate; Nakhal, Al Batinah Governorate; Wadi Shab, Al Sharqiyah Governorate; Wadi Arabieen, Muscat Governorate; Sink Hole, Bimmah, Quriyat, Muscat Governorate; Bawshar Misfat, Muscat Governorate; Mudabagha, Dima Wattayeen, Al Sharqiyah Governorate; Luzug, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate; Al Samdi, Samail, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate; Wadi Al Athaiba, Muscat Governorate; Nizwa, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate; Falaj Al Mashayekh, Jalaan, Al Sharqiya Governorate; Wadi Khabbah; Wadi Fanja ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 51 ).
Examined material: ZM-CBSU: O004. As 101, 35, Oman: Al Amirat, 23°30ʹ01ʹʹN, 58°29ʹ37ʹʹE, H. R. Esmaeili, S.M. Al-Jufaili, A.H. Masoumi Sep. 2021 GoogleMaps . ZM-CBSU: O002. As 136, 70, Oman: Sur in Al Sharqiyah South Governorate, Wadi Shab, 22°50’01”N, 59°14’20”E, S.M. Al-Jufaili, Nov. 2020 GoogleMaps
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