Arabibarbus hadhrami, Borkenhagen, 2014

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 93

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819627

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scientific name

Arabibarbus hadhrami
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Arabibarbus hadhrami View in CoL

Common name. Hadhramaut Shabout.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from species of Carasobarbus in Arabian Peninsula by: ● 5½ branched anal rays / ● 8½ branched dorsal rays. Distinguished from Arabibarbus arabicus by: ○ 29–32 total lateral-line scales (mode 30) / ○ head depth 16–18 % SL / ○ pectoral length 20–24 % SL / ○ pelvic length 17–20 % SL / ○ head length 28–33 % SL. Size up to 205 mm SL.

Distribution. Yemen: Wadi Hadhramaut drainage.

Habitat. Wadis with sections of deep pools.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.

Remarks. Poorly differentiated from A. arabicus by morphological characters but well differentiated by molecular characters.

Further reading. Borkenhagen 2014 (description).

Bangana dero ; Mashkid drainage, Iran; ~ 130 mm SL. © H. Mousavi-Sabet.

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