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
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10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1
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CIRRHITIDAE
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
(Bleeker 1855)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Cirrhitichthys aprinus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1884, as
Cirrhites aprinus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1976, as
Cirrhitichthys aureus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to
Panama
.
Cirrhitus spilotoceps
Schultz 1950
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Cirrhitichthys maculatus
),
Sudan
(
Gaither & Randall 2013
),
Eritrea
(Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a
, as
Cirrhites maculatus
;
Gaither & Randall 2013
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gaither & Randall 2013
).
Remark:
Red Sea
records of
Cirrhitus pinnulatus
(non Forster 1801) are based on
C. spilotoceps
(see
Gaither & Randall 2013
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of
Oman
.
Oxycirrhites
typus
Bleeker 1857
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Shpigel, 1997
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Debelius 2007
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific:
Madagascar
and
Seychelles
east to
Panama
.
Paracirrhites forsteri
(Schneider 1801)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Shpigel, 1997
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Cirrhites forsteri
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.