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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SCARIDAE
Bolbometopon muricatum
(
Valenciennes 1840
)
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Debelius 2007
),
Eritrea
(
Baschieri-Salvadori 1954b, as
Scarus muricatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983, as
Bolbometopon muricatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Wake
Atoll, Line and Gambier islands.
*
Calotomus viridescens
(
Rüppell 1835
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Bruce & Randall 1985
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Cryptotomus spinidens
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Callyodon viridescens
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971, as
Callyodon viridescens
),
Eritrea
(
Bruce & Randall 1985
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1835, as
Scarus viridescens
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Cetoscarus bicolor
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Debelius 2007
), (
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Israel
(Golani, 1997),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus pulchellus
and
P. pulchellus
var.
bicolor
)
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Scarus bicolor
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Chlorurus genazonatus
(
Randall & Bruce 1983
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Bruce 1983, as
Scarus genazonatus
),
Israel
(
Randall & Bruce 1983, as
Scarus genazonatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Scarus genazonatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Sudan
(
Randall & Bruce 1983, as
Scarus genazonatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Randall & Bruce 1983, as
Scarus genazonatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
*
Chlorurus gibbus
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Scarus gibbus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus gibbus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Scarus gibbus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Chlorurus sordidus
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840
, as
Scarus mentalis
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Scarus erythrodon
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus sordidus
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971
, as
Callyodon erythrodon
;
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
, as
Scarus sordidus
),
Eritrea
(
Tortonese 1947a, as
Scarus sordidus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
, as
Callyodon erythrodon
;
Tortonese 1983
, as
Scarus sordidus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Indonesia
.
Hipposcarus harid
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Pseudoscarus harid
).
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Scarus mastax
;
Martens 1867
, as
Scarus harid
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Pseudoscarus harid
),
Eritrea
(
Ben-Tuvia 1968
, Clark
et al
. 1968),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Scarus mastax
; Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840
, as
Scarus cyanurus
;
Roux-Estève 1956
, as
Callyodon harid
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indian Ocean:
East Africa
east to
Java
.
Leptoscarus vaigiensis
(Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Jordan
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840
, as
Scarus rubronotatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Bruce & Randall 1985
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1835
, as
Scarus coeruleo-punctatus
;
Tortonese 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ogasawara Islands and
Pitcairn
.
*
Scarus collana
Rüppell 1835
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871
, as
Pseudoscarus forskalii
var.
collana
;
Bebars 1978
as
Scarus ghardaqensis
),
Sudan
(
Randall & Bruce 1983
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1835
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Scarus ferrugineus
Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Ormond 1978
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus coerulescens
),
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
;
Randall & Bruce 1983
),
Eritrea
(Kossmann & Räuber, as
Pseudoscarus augustinus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève 1956
, as
Callyodon dubius
;
Randall & Bruce 1983
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Gulf of
Oman
to Persian Gulf.
Scarus frenatus
Lacepède 1802
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus sexvittatus
),
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
;
Randall & Bruce 1983
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1835, as
Scarus sexvittatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Ducie (
Pitcairn
Group).
Scarus fuscopurpureus
(
Klunzinger 1871
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Bruce 1983
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus forskalii
var.
fuscopurpureus
),
Sudan
(
Randall & Bruce 1983
);
Saudi Arabia
(Roux-Estèce &
Fourmanoir 1955
, as
Callyodon oktodon
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean:
Somalia
, Persian Gulf.
Scarus ghobban
Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as
Pseudoscarus ghobban
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Randall & Bruce 1983
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus ghoban
),
Sudan
(
Borodin 1930, as
Pseudoscarus ghobban
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
; see
Fricke 2008
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to
Panama
.
Remark. Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (
Goren & Aronov 2002
).
Scarus niger
Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Pseudoscarus niger
).
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus niger
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Pseudoscarus niger
),
Eritrea
(
Borsieri 1904, as
Pseudoscarus niger
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1835
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Scarus psittacus
Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Ormond 1978
),
Israel
(
Randall & Bruce 1983
),
Jordan
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Callyodon forskalii
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Pseudoscarus forskalii
),
Sudan
(
Randall & Ormond 1978
),
Eritrea
(Tortonese 1935, as
Callyodon psittacus
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
; see
Fricke 2008
),
Yemen
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840
, as
Scarus hertit
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Hawaiian and
Marquesas islands
.
Scarus rubroviolaceus
Bleeker 1847
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Yemen
(
Randall 1994c
).
General distribution:
Southern Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to
Panama
.
Scarus scaber
Valenciennes 1840
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Saudi Arabia
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840
, as
Scarus pectoralis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western
Indonesia
.
Scarus viridifucatus
(Smith 1956)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Yemen
(
Randall 1994c
).
General distribution:
Southern
Red Sea
, Indian Ocean:
East Africa
east to
Bali
.