Ambassis gymnocephalus ( Lacepède, 1802 )

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 216

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253149
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scientific name	Ambassis gymnocephalus ( Lacepède, 1802 )
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36. Ambassis gymnocephalus ( Lacepède, 1802) View in CoL View at ENA ―Bald Glassy, Bald Glassy perchlet ―Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Lutjanus gymnocephalus Lacepède, 1802:181 , 216 [ from Le grand Océan équinoxal or dans les parties de ce grand Océan voisines des tropiques” ( Indo-Pacific ); No types known ]. Synonyms: Lutianus gymnocephalus Lacepede, 1801 .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Esmaeili et al. (2022).

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to Cairns (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Al Bahayes, Muscat Governorate. It is a richly vegetated Wadi, adjusted to the Oman Sea coastal area.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).