Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 206-207

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253096
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scientific name	Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983
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4. Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 View in CoL ―Arabian Bream― Endemic

Taxonomy. Original description: Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983:1 View in CoL , fig. 1 [ Wadi Hadiyah, near Hadiyah, Saudi Arabia, about 25°33’N, 38°44’E; Holotype: NMC 82-0110A About NMC ]. Synonyms: None GoogleMaps

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from the Arabian Peninsula in original description by Coad et al. (1983); by confirmed by Hamidan & Aloufi (2014), Hamidan & Shobrak (2019), and Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Khaibar and northern Hijaz, Saudi Arabia. Habitat: Freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, in springs of Wadi Hadiya in the Khaibar region, and the Qusaiba’a Dam (locally known as Sadd Al-Bint) in Al-Thamad area of Khaibar (Hamidan & Al-Aoufi 2014; Hamidan & Shobrak 2019; Freyhof et al. 2020).

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

Conservation. Critically Endangered (CR).