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
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-05
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LUTJANIDAE
Aphareus furca
(Lacepède 1801)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Marshall 1952
).
Red Sea main basin:
Saudi Arabia
(
Debelius 2007
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998, as
Aphareus furcatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.
Aphareus rutilans
Cuvier 1830
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Marshall 1952
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870
),
Saudi Arabia
(Rüppell 1838),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to
Hawaiian Islands
.
Aprion virescens
Valenciennes 1830
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Yemen
(
Debelius 2007
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian and
Marquesas islands
.
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Mesoprion argentimaculatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope argentimaculata
),
Sudan
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Eritrea
(Ehrenberg in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828
, as
Diacope macrolepis
;
Kossmann & Räuber 1877
, as
Diacope argentimaculata
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Kiribati
(
Line Islands
) and Society Islands.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Golani 1998
).
Lutjanus bohar
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope bohar
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915
),
Saudi Arabia
(Roux-
Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
),
Eritrea
(Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828
, as
Diacope quadriguttata
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Kiribati
(
Line Islands
) and
Pitcairn
Group.
Lutjanus coeruleolineatus
(Rüppell 1838)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Mesoprion coeruleolineatus
),
Eritrea
(Rüppell 1838, as
Diacope coeruleo-lineata
),
Saudi Arabia
(Rüppell 1838, as
Diacope coeruleo-lineata
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of
Oman
and
Pakistan
.
Lutjanus ehrenbergii
(Peters 1869)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1884, as
Mesoprion ehrenbergi
),
Sudan
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Eritrea
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Saudi Arabia
(Klausewitz 1967, as
Lutianus ehrenbergi
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Caroline Islands
and
Fiji
.
Lutjanus fulviflamma
(Rüppell 1830)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Mesoprion fulviflamma
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Martens 1867, as
Mesoprion fulviflamma
),
Sudan
(
Fowler 1931
),
Eritrea
(
Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as
Diacope fulviflamma
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
),
Yemen
(Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828
, as
Diacope fulviflamma
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
,
Samoa
and
Tonga
.
Remark:
A single specimen was recorded from the Mediterranean (see
Vella
et al
2015
).
Lutjanus fulvus
(Forster 1801)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Eritrea
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian, Line and
Marquesas islands
.
Lutjanus gibbus
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Mesoprion gibbus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Lutjanus lineatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope gibba
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915
),
Eritrea
(
Pellegrin 1912
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Diacope coccinea
; Rüppell 1838, as
Diacope melanura
;
Roux-Estève 1956
, as
Lutianus gibbus
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian and
Line islands
.
Lutjanus indicus
Allen, White & Erdmann 2013
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Allen & Talbot 1985 as
L. russellii
),
Eritrea
(
Ben-Tuvia 1968
as
L. russellii
, Clark
et al
. 1968
as
L. russellii
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indian Ocean:
East Africa
east to
Andaman Sea
.
Lutjanus kasmira
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope kasmira
),
Sudan
(
Tortonese 1947a
),
Eritrea
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gladstone 2002
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1974a
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Line Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.
Lutjanus lutjanus
Bloch 1790
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Diacope lineolata
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
,
Vanuatu
and
Tonga
.
Lutjanus monostigma
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope monostigma
),
Eritrea
(Rüppell 1838, as
Mesoprion monostigma
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Kiribati
(
Line Islands
) and
Pitcairn
.
Lutjanus rivulatus
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Saudi Arabia
(Rüppell 1838, as
Diacope rivulata
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Palau
and Society Islands.
Lutjanus sanguineus
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Martens 1867, as
Diacope erythrina
),
Sudan
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Eritrea
(Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828
, as
Diacope sanguinea
; Rüppell 1838, as
Diacope erythrina
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western
India
.
Lutjanus sapphirolineatus
Iwatsuki, Al-Mamry & Heemstra 2016
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
, as
Lutjanus bengalensis
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Giglioli 1889
, as
Genyoroge bengalensis
,
Allen & Talbot 1985
, as
Lutjanus bengalensis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean:
Somalia
,
Oman
.
Remark:
Previous
Red Sea
records of
Lutjanus bengalensis
(non Bloch 1790) are most probably based on this species (see
Iwatsuki
et al
. 2016
).
Lutjanus sebae
(Cuvier 1816)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope sebae
),
Eritrea
(
Allen & Talbot 1985
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gladstone 2002
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
,
Philippines
and
Solomon Islands
.
Remark:
Two specimens were recorded in the Mediterranean, probably aquarium escapees (
Zenetos
et al
2016
;
Deidum and Piraino, 2017
).
Macolor niger
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Diacope nigra
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
, as
Sciaena nigra
; see
Fricke 2008
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
,
Samoa
and
Tonga
.
Paracaesio sordidus
Abe & Shinohara 1962
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes & Golani 1993
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1884, as
Paracaesio xanthurus
), (
Debelius 2007
, as
Paracaesio caeruleus
,
Abu El-Regal 2017
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific:
South Africa
and
Madagascar
east to Marquesas and
Pitcairn islands
.
Pristipomoides filamentosus
(Valenciennes 1830)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Zajonz 2007
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Centropristis filamentosus
),
Eritrea
(
Dor 1970, as
Pristipomoides microlepis
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Trivedi
et al
. 2014
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian and
Society islands
.
Pristipomoides multidens
(Day 1871)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(Baranes
et al
2017),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Pristipomoides
typus
)
.
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1884, as
Centropristis pristipoma
),
Eritrea
(Tortonese 1935, as
Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gladstone 2002, as
Pristipomoides
typus
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Samoa
.
Pristipomoides sieboldii
(Bleeker 1854)
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Zajonz 2007
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Southeastern Atlantic: Vema Seamount;
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Society islands.