Cyprinion muscatense (Boulenger, 1888)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 208

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA61E68D-3A1B-45BD-821F-E6AD862F6808
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253109
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87BD-FFB8-0A26-80F4-FAE7FF10F88A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cyprinion muscatense (Boulenger, 1888)
status

Treatment

11. Cyprinion muscatense (Boulenger, 1888) ―Muscat Cyprinion, Hajar Lotak― Endemic

Taxonomy: Original description: Scaphiodon muscatensis Boulenger, 1888:665 View in CoL [ Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean; Syntypes: BMNH 1885.11.7.35-40 (6), 1887.11.11.289-291 (3)]. Synonyms: None .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Oman in original description by Boulenger (1888); confirmed by Krupp (1983), Freyhof et al. (2020) and Esmaeili et al. (2022) from Oman and UAE, respectively.

General distribution. Middle East: Hajar Mountains ( Oman and United Arab Emirates). Habitat: freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman and United Arab Emirates: Hajar Mountains, Al Hajr Ibri; Al Dhahira Governorate, Al Amirat Muscat Goveronate, Al Wasit Al Bureimi Al Bureimi Governorate, Hoqain Al Rustaq Al Batinah Governorate, Nakhal Al Batinah South Governorate, Surur Samail Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Al Samdi Samail Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Sur Bridge Sur Al Sharqiya Governorate, Wadi Khabbah in Dima Wattayeen Al Sharqiya North Governorate, Wadi Fanja Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, and Wadi Bani Kharus Al Batinah South Governorate.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).