Description

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Common Names

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Arabian killifish , English , Oman

Arabian killifish , English , Saudi Arabia

Arabian killifish , English , United Arab Em.

Arabian tooth-carp , English , Oman

Arabian tooth-carp , English , Saudi Arabia

Arabian tooth-carp , English , United Arab Em.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Aphaniidae

Genus: Aphaniops

Species: Aphaniops stoliczkanus (Day, 1872)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: Arabian/Persian Gulf, the northern Arabian Sea east to Gujarat in India, the Gulf of Oman and some endorheic basins in Iran and Pakistan.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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freshwater