Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants Author Golani, Daniel Author Fricke, Ronald text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-05 4509 1 1 215 journal article 28027 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1 6c170c2b-8792-4173-ac41-2aa1fe2b7ab7 1175-5326 2607566 9D80FE28-D378-4C7D-87D7-380F6B583BC1 NEMIPTERIDAE Nemipterus bipunctatus (Valenciennes 1830) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Synagris filamentosus ). Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Synagris filamentosus ), Saudi Arabia (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b , as Dentex bipunctatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Singapore . Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch 1791) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Bayoumi 1972 ; Diamant & Porter 1983 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Diamant & Porter 1983 ). Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829 , as Cantharus filamentosus ; Tortonese 1947a ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al . 2014b ), Yemen ( Kotthaus 1974b ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines . Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes 1830) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Gruvel 1936, as Synagris tolu ). Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Synagris tolu ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines and Vanuatu . Nemipterus randalli Russell 1986 Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al . 2017 ). Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Zajonz 2007 ). Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to India . Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Golani and Sonin 2006 , as Nemipterus japonicus ; Stern et al . 2014a ). Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker 1857) Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al . 2017 ). Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Golani, 1999). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( new record , based on HUJ 20285, idenified by D. Golani). Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Fiji . Parascolopsis aspinosa (Rao & Rao 1981) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Russell & Golani 1993 ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to Andaman Sea. * Parascolopsis baranesi Russell & Golani 1993 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993 , as Parascolopsis sp. 1 and Parascolopsis sp. 2; Russell & Golani 1993 ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Parascolopsis eriomma ( Jordan & Richardson 1909) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Bayoumi 1972 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993 ; Russell & Golani 1993 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Russell & Golani 1993 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines . Scolopsis bimaculatus Rüppell 1828 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Scolpsis bimaculatus ), Sudan ( Debelius 2007 ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1828), Yemen (Heda et al . 1998). General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Sri Lanka and Bay of Bengal ( India ). Scolopsis ghanam (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a , as Scolopsides ghanam ). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel : Israel (Golani & Diamant, 1999), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ), Eritrea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a , as Scolopsides ghanam ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena ghanam ; see Fricke 2008 ), Yemen (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena ghanam ; see Fricke 2008 ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Andaman Islands. Scolopsis taeniata (Cuvier 1830) Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al . 2017 ). Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a , as Scolopsides taeniatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al . 2014b , as Scolopsis taeniatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to Sri Lanka . Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch 1792) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Scolpsis vosmeri ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1828, as Scolopsis kurite ; Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a , as Scolopsides ruppelii ; Tortonese 1935), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea .