19. Garra sahilia Krupp, 1983 ― Coastal Garra― Endemic Taxonomy. Original description: Garra sahilia Krupp, 1983:601, fig. 32, 36 [Wadi Bana, Yemen, 13°26’N, 43°09’E; Holotype: BMNH 1976.4.7.419]. Synonyms: None. Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Krupp (1983); confirmed by Lyon et al. (2016), Hamidan & Shobrak (2019), and Freyhof et al. (2020) from Yemen and Saudi Arabia, respectively. General distribution. Yemen and Saudi Arabia: Coastal streams of Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. Habitat: freshwater. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen and Saudi Arabia: Wadis Bana, al-Khabir, Lahej, Tiban, Murlwani, Maur, and some others in Yemen, and Wadis Minsah, Daga, north of Jizan, Bani Sharfa, Gaanah, Alein Al-Harrah, Kudais, Al-Gassah, Al-Bagarah, and Haroub in Saudi Arabia. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).

Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on pages 210-211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316