Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 212

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253133
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scientific name	Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853
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25. Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853 View in CoL View at ENA ―Spine-cheek Gudgeon― Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853:275 View in CoL [ 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).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Eleotridae
Genus	Eleotris