Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 12 - 13. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: tentacle on dorsoposterior surface of the eye elongated; nape with well-developed membranous crest; nape scaled to above anterior half of opercle along sides with naked median along membranous crest, scales do not reach to above preopercle; opercle and pectoral base are naked; scales ctenoid laterally on trunk posterior to base of second dorsal fin 3rd element; lateral scale rows 51-58, often 51-56; transverse forward scale rows 23-29, usually 24-28; transverse rearward scale rows 14-16, usually 14-15; upper lip is usually constricted at premaxillary symphysis; infraorbital transverse papillae row 2 reaching eye margin dorsally and markedly short of longitudinal row d ventrally; with additional short transverse papillae rows between rows 2 and 3i; with dark saddle over caudal peduncle; snout length 34.9-45.4% HL; second dorsal-fin longest ray 1.1-1.6 head depth; pelvic fin is always reaching or passing anal-fin origin (Ref. 128815).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Oxyurichthys

Species: Oxyurichthys omanensis Zarei, Al Jufaili & Esmaeili, 2022

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs on shallow mudflat at Yeti, near the mouth of Wadi Aday (Muscat Area, northern Oman), which drains into the Gulf of Oman. Associated with the following species: Favonigobius reichei, Cryptocentroides arabicus, Planiliza klunzingeri and Terapon jarbua (Ref. 128815).

Habitat

brackish