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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ACANTHURIDAE
Acanthurus gahhm
(Forsskål 1775)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Acanthurus nigricans
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Acanthurus gahm
),
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981, as
Acanthurus nigricans
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Acanthurus nigricans
and
A. gahhm
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829, as
A. gahhm
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Acanthurus mata
Cuvier 1829
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871
, as
Acanthurus bleekeri
;
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Tuamotu Archipelago and
Marquesas Islands
.
Acanthurus nigrofuscus
(Forsskål 1775)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Teuthis matoides
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Teuthis nigro-fuscus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Acanthurus rubropunctatus
and
A. matoides
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915
, as
Teuthis matoides
;
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(
Picaglia 1895
, as
Acanthurus mathoides
; Tortonese 1935, as
Hepatus nigro-fuscus
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
, as
Chaetodon nigrofuscus
; see
Fricke 2008
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to
Hawaiian Islands
and Tuamotu Archipelago
.
Acanthurus sohal
(Forsskål 1775)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Fishelson
et al
. 1985
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Shpigel, 1997
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971
;
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(Ben-
Tuvia 1968
, Clark
et al
. 1968),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of
Oman
, Persian Gulf.
Remark:
One specimen was recorded in the Mediterranean, probably an aquarium release (see Giovos
et al
in press).
Ctenochaetus striatus
(Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Ctenochaetus strigosus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Acanthurus ctenodon
and
Acronurus argenteus
),
Sudan
(
Borodin 1930
, as
Acanthurus strigosus
and
Ctenochetus
strigosus
;
Randall & Clements 2001
),
Eritrea
(Clark
et al
. 1968, as
Ctenochaetus strigosus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
, as
Ctenochaetus strigosus
;
Tortonese 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
, Ogasawara Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Naso annulatus
(Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Naseus annularis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian
,
Marquesas
and
Gambier islands
.
Naso brevirostris
(Cuvier 1829)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Naseus brevirostris
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-Pacific:
East Africa
east to Galápagos Archipelago
.
Naso elegans
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Naso lituratus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Naseus lituratus
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971
, as
Naseus lituratus
;
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
, as
Naso lituratus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as
Naso lituratus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western
Indonesia
, but not in northwestern Indian Ocean.
Naso hexacanthus
(Bleeker 1855)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Steindachner 1898a, as
Naseus vomer
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Naseus vomer
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Debelius 2007
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Ducie (
Pitcairn
Group).
Naso unicornis
(Forsskål 1775)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Debelius 2007
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Naseus unicornis
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835
, as
Naseus fronticornis
;
Klunzinger 1871
, as
Naseus unicornis
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971, as
Naseus unicornis
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
, as
Chaetodon unicornis
; see
Fricke 2008
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian and
Marquesas islands
and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Zebrasoma desjardinii
(Bennett 1836)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Zebrasoma veliferum
),
Jordan
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Zebrasoma veliferum
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Acanthurus velifer
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915
, as
Zebrasoma rüppellii
;
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(Clark
et al
. 1968, as
Zebrasoma veliferum
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Acanthurus velifer
;
Tortonese 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indian Ocean:
East Africa
east to western
Sumatra
.
Zebrasoma xanthurum
(Blyth 1852)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Acanthurus xanthurus
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971
, as
Acanthurus xanthurus
;
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(Clark
et al
. 1968),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to
Sri Lanka
.
Remark:
One specimen was recorded in the western Mediterranean, probably aquarium escape (see
Guidetti
et al
2015
).