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 HOLOCENTRIDAE Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1903 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : Jordan ( Khalaf et al . 1996 ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Comoros and east to Hawaiian and Society islands. Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Golani 1999). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Martens 1867 ), Sudan ( Botros 1971 ), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena murdjan ; see Fricke 2008 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to northern Hawaiian Islands, Samoa and Tonga . Myripristis xanthacra Randall & Guézé 1981 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall & Guézé 1981 ), Eritrea ( Randall & Guézé 1981 ). General distribution: Red Sea , northwestern Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden . Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum sammara ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a , as Holocentrum christianum ; Martens 1867 , as Holocentrus samara ; Klunzinger 1870 , as Holocentrum samara and Holocentrum platyrrhinum ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum sammara ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Holocentrum sammara ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena sammara ; see Fricke 2008 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Group. Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Zajonz 2007 ). Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1986). General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman east to Indonesia and northern Australia . * Ostichthys sufensis Golani 1984 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Golani 1984a, as Ostichthys hypsipterygion sufensis ), Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993 ), Jordan ( Ajiad 1987a, as Ostichthys hypsipterygion sufensis ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell 1838) Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Golani 1999). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall 1998 ), Israel ( Randall 1998 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum caudimaculatum ), Sudan ( Randall 1998 ), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as Holocentrus caudimaculatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group. Sargocentron diadema (Lacepède 1802) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Randall 1998 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Heemstra 1985 ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Holocenthrus diadema ), Jordan ( Bouchon et al . 1981 , as Adioryx diadema ; Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum diadema ), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Holocentrus diadema ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group. Sargocentron ittodai ( Jordan & Fowler 1902) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ( Randall & Heemstra 1985 , Randall 1998 ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Seychelles east to southern Japan and Marquesas Islands. Sargocentron macrosquamis Golani 1984 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall 1998 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Golani 1984). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Sargocentron marisrubri Randall, Golani & Diamant 1989 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Randall et al . 1989 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall et al . 1989 ). General distribution: Red Sea , northwestern Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden . Remark: Red Sea records of Sargocentron melanospilus (non Bleeker 1858) are based on this species (see Randall et al . 1989 ). Sargocentron punctatissimum (Cuvier 1829) Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Golani, 1999). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 , as Holocentrum lacteoguttatum ; Randall 1998 ), Israel ( Randall & Heemstra 1985 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 , as Sargocentron lacteoguttatum ; Randall 1998 ), Sudan ( Randall 1998 ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Holocentrum lacteo-guttatum ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island. Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Holocentrum rubrum ). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Holocenthrus ruber ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum rubrum ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Holocentrus ruber ), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895, as Holocentrum rubrum ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983, as Adioryx ruber ), Yemen ( Randall 1998 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Tonga . Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966 , as Holocentrum rubrum ). Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Randall 1998 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall 1998 ), Jordan ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Holocentrum spiniferum ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a , as Holocentrum spiniferum ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum spiniferum ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena spinifera ; see Fricke 2008 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.