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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SYNODONTIDAE
*
Harpadon erythraeus
Klausewitz 1983
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
, as
Harpadon nehereus
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Klausewitz 1983b
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Klausewitz 1983b
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
*
Saurida golanii
Russell 2011
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes & Golani 1993
as
Saurida tumbil
;
Russell 2011
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Saurida tumbil
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Gulf
of
Aqaba
endemic.
Saurida gracilis
(Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Chabanaud 1934
, as
Saurida gracilis
; Dollfus in
Gruvel 1936
, as
Saurida sinaitica
).
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Kochzius 2002, as
Saurida gracilis
).
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Fowler 1931
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.
*
Saurida lessepsianus
Russell, Golani & Tikochinski 2015
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Demidov & Viskrebentsev 1970
, as
Saurida undosquamis
;
Russell
et al
. 2015
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Russell
et al
. 2015
),
Israel
(
Russell
et al
. 2015
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Saurida undosquamis
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Saurida nebulosa
),
Eritrea
(
Russell
et al
. 2015
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
, as
Saurida
sp.),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998, as
Saurida undosquamis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Remarks: Previous records of
Saurida undosquamis
(non Richardson 1848) and
S. macrolepis
(non Tanaka 1917) from the
Gulf
of
Suez
are based on this species (
Russell
et al
. 2015
). Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Ben-Tuvia 1966
, as
Saurida undosquamis
;
Russell
et al
. 2015
).
Saurida longimanus
Norman 1939
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Goren & Spanier 1985
, as
Saurida undosquamis
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1967, as
Saurida undosquamis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to
India
.
Saurida tumbil
(Bloch 1795)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(Rüppell 1837, as
Saurus badimottah
; Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850
, as
Saurida tombil
;
Russell
et al
. 2015
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871
),
Eritrea
(
Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as
Saurida tumbil
),
Saudi
Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as
Saurida tumbil
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to
India
.
Synodus dermatogenys
Fowler 1912
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952, as
Synodus variegatus
),
Israel
(
Tortonese 1968, as
Synodus variegatus
),
Jordan
(
Bouchon
et al
. 1981
, as
Synodus variegatus
;
Khalaf & Disi 1997
, as
Synodus variegatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Saurus
varius
),
Sudan
(
Debelius 2007
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983, as
Synodus vaiegatus
),
Sudan
(
Krupp 1990, as
Synodus variegatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.
Synodus hoshinonis
Tanaka 1917
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Cressey 1981
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
and
New Caledonia
.
Synodus indicus
(Day 1873)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Bayoumi 1972
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Kotthaus 1967
, as
Synodus dietrichi
;
Cressey 1981
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1967, as
Synodus dietrichi
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
.
Synodus randalli
Cressey 1981
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes & Golani 1993
, as
Synodus doaki
; Randall 2009),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Synodus doaki
).
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Cressey 1981
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean:
Madagascar
.
Synodus variegatus
(Lacepède 1803)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
El-Ganainy
et al
2005
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Cressey 1981, as
Synodus englemani
),
Israel
(
Cressey 1981, as
Synodus englemani
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Synodus englemani
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
S. erythraeus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.
Trachinocephalus trachinus
(Temminck & Schlegel 1846)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Bayoumi 1972
, as
Trachinocephalus myops
;
Polanco Fernandez
et al
. 2016
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Polanco Fernandez
et al
. 2016
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952
, as
Trachinocephalus myops
;
Polanco Fernandez
et al
. 2016
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Trachinocephalus myops
).
Red Sea main basin:
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
, as
Trachinocephalus myops
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands.
Remark:
Red Sea
records of
Trachinocephalus myops
(non Forster in Bloch & Schneider 1801) are based on this species (see
Polanco Fernandez
et al
. 2016
).