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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TETRAODONTIDAE
Arothron diadematus
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952, as
Amblyrhynchotes diadematus
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Tetrodon
aff.
diademata
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon nigropunctatus
var.
diadematus
),
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(
Tortonese 1956, as
Amblyrhynchotes nigropunctatus diadematus
),
Saudi Arabia
(Roux-
Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
, as
Tetraodon nigropunctatus
),
Yemen
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
, as
Tetraodon hispidus
, edjilis; see
Fricke 2008
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Arothron hispidus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Sanzo 1930
, as
Tetrodon perspicillaris
;
Botros 1971
, as
Tetrodon hispidus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(Randall
et al
. 2012),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon hispidus
and
Tetrodon pusillus
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Tetrodon hispidus
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Tetraodon perspicillaris
and
Tetraodon semistriatus
;
Picaglia 1895
, as
Tetrodon hispidus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
, as
Tetraodon reticularis
;
Tortonese 1983
, as
Arothron hispidus perspicillaris
; Randall
et al
. 2012).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to
Panama
.
Arothron immaculatus
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Tetrodon immaculatus
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Joannis 1835
, as
Tetraodon parvus
;
Klunzinger 1871
, as
Tetrodon immaculatus
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Tetrodon immaculatus
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Tetraodon sordidus
;
Picaglia 1895
, as
Tetrodon immaculatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ryukyu Islands and
Philippines
.
Arothron multilineatus
Matsuura 2016
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Matsuura 2016
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Red Sea
, western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands.
Arothron stellatus
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Clark & Gohar 1953, as
Arothron aerostaticus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(Golani
et al
. 2008),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon stellatus
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Tetrodon stellatus
),
Eritrea
(
Borsieri 1904, as
Tetrodon stellatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Tetraodon calamara
;
Tortonese 1983
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1979
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Tuamotu Archipelago
.
Canthigaster cyanospilota
Randall, Williams & Rocha 2008
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Debelius 2007
, as
Canthigaster coronata
; Randall
et al
. 2008;
Lieske & Myers 2010
, as
Canthigaster coronata
),
Israel
(Randall
et al
. 2008),
Jordan
(
Marshall 1952
, as
Canthigaster cinctus
; Randall
et al
. 2008).
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Clark & Gohar 1953, as
Canthigaster cinctus
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998, as
Canthigaster coronata
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western
Indonesia
.
Canthigaster margaritata
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Tetraodon margaritatus
)
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Debelius 2007
),
Israel
(
Tortonese 1968
),
Jordan
(
Bouchon
et al
. 1981
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon margaritatus
),
Eritrea
(
Sanzo 1930, as
Tetrodon margaritatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Picaglia 1895, as
Tetrodon margaritatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indian Ocean:
East Africa
east to
Andaman Sea
.
Canthigaster pygmaea
Allen & Randall 1977
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(Golani 1999).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Allen & Randall 1977
),
Israel
(
Allen & Randall 1977
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Kochzius 2002
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Allen & Randall 1977
),
Sudan
(
Allen & Randall 1977
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Lagocephalus guentheri
Miranda Ribeiro 1915
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(Rüppell 1837, as
Tetraodon lunaris
;
Matsuura
et al
. 2011
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Tetrodon lunaris
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon lunaris
),
Eritrea
(
Giglioli 1889, as
Tetrodon lunaris
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific:
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and Persian Gulf east to
Indonesia
and southern
Japan
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean Sea, recorded as
Lagocephelus spadiceus
(see
Matsuura
et al
2011
).
Lagocephalus sceleratus
(Gmelin 1789)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Clark & Gohar 1953
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes & Golani 1993, as
Lagocephalus scleratus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon sceleratus
),
Eritrea
(
Picaglia 1895, as
Tetrodon sceleratus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
,
Philippines
and
New Caledonia
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean Sea (see Golani & Levy, 2008).
*
Lagocephalus suezensis
Clark & Gohar 1953
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Clark & Gohar 1953
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Golani 1998
).
Torquigener flavimaculosus
Hardy & Randall 1983
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Tetraodon honkenji
;
Hardy & Randall 1983
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Hardy & Randall 1983
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955
, as
Amblyrhynchotes hypselogeneion
;
Hardy & Randall 1983
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Tetrodon poecilonotus
),
Eritrea
(Tortonese 1935, as
Sphaeroides hypselogeneion
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa and Persian Gulf,
Seychelles
and
Madagascar
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Golani 1998
).
Tylerius spinosissimus
(Regan 1908)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Fricke
et al
. 2016a
)
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Budker & Fourmanoir 1954, as
Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific:
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and
Réunion
east South
China
Sea,
Indonesia
and
New Caledonia
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean Sea (
Corsini
et al
. 2005
)