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
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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1
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PLATYCEPHALIDAE
Cociella punctata
(Cuvier 1829)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(Golani, 1999).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes & Golani 1993, as
Cociella crocodila
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Hassanine 2005, as
Cociella crocodila
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
and
Vanuatu
.
Grammoplites suppositus
(Troschel 1840)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Knapp 1979
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Southern Red Sea, Indian Ocean:
Somalia
and Persian Gulf east to
Sri Lanka
.
Onigocia bimaculata
Knapp, Imamura & Sakashita 2000
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Knapp
et al
. 2000
),
Israel
(
Knapp
et al
. 2000
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific:
Comoros
and
Mauritius
east to Society Islands.
Papilloculiceps longiceps
(Cuvier 1829)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(Rüppell 1838, as
Platycephalus tentaculatus
;
Gruvel 1936
, as
Platycephalus longiceps
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952
, as
Platycephalus tentaculatus
;
Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Platycephalus longiceps
),
Eritrea
(Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829b
, as
Platycephalus longiceps
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Gulf of
Oman
and Gulf of Aden south to northern
South Africa
and
Madagascar
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990
).
Platycephalus indicus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Tillier 1902
, as
Platycephalus insidiator
;
Bayoumi 1972
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Platycephalus insidiator
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915
),
Eritrea
(
Picaglia 1895, as
Platycephalus insidiator
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
,
Philippines
and New
Guinea
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Ben-Tuvia 1966
).
Rogadius pristiger
(Cuvier 1829)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Bayoumi 1972
, as
Platycephalus tuberculatus
;
Sabrah
et al
. 2015
, as
Rogadius asper
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952
, as
Platycephalus tuberculatus
;
Dor 1970
).
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Knapp 1979, as
Rogadius asper
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
and New
Guinea
.
Sorsogona prionota
(Sauvage 1873)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Knapp 1979
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Kotthaus 1980
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to
Pakistan
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990
).
Thysanophrys springeri
Knapp 2013
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Knapp 2013
).
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Knapp 2013
),
Yemen
(
Knapp 2013
).
Remark:
Red Sea
records of
Thysanophrys chiltonae
(non Schultz 1966) are based on this species (see
Knapp 2013
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.