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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APOGONIDAE
Apogon campbelli
Smith 1949
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Red Sea
, western Indian Ocean: East Africa.
Apogon coccineus
Rüppell 1838
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Golani & Lerner 2007
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Eritrea
(Rüppell 1838).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of
Oman
, Persian Gulf.
Apogon erythrosoma
Gon &
Randall 2003
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean:
Maldives
.
Apogon semiornatus
Peters 1876
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Yemen
(
Randall 1994c
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
,
Philippines
,
Solomon Islands
and
Tonga
.
Apogon talboti
Smith 1961
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Society Islands.
*
Apogonichthyoides heptastygma
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Debelius 2007, as
Apogon heptastygma
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon heptastygma
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon heptastygma
),
Eritrea
(Rüppell 1838, as
Apogon enneastigma
;
Fraser & Allen 2010
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Apogonichthyoides pharaonis
(
Bellotti 1874
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Bellotti 1874
, as
Apogon pharaonis
;
Sauvage 1883
, as
Apogon suezii
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to
India
.
Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus
(
Gon 1986
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon pseudotaeniatus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon pseudotaeniatus
),
Israel
(
Gon 1986, as
Apogon pseudotaeniatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Zajonz 2007, as
Apogon pseudotaeniatus
).
Red Sea
main basin: -
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to
Pakistan
.
Apogonichthyoides taeniatus
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Norman 1927, as
Apogon thurstoni
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon taeniatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Apogon bifasciatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870
, as
Apogon bifasciatus
;
Budker & Fourmanoir 1954
, as
Apogon taeniatus
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon taeniatus
),
Eritrea
(Ehrenberg in
Rüppell 1829
, as
Apogon täniatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(Rüppell 1838, as
Apogon bifasciatus
and
A. taeniatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Gulf of
Oman
and Persian Gulf to
Madagascar
.
Apogonichthyoides timorensis
(Bleeker 1854)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon timorensis
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon timorensis
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon timorensis
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon timorensis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and
Madagascar
east to
Solomon Islands
.
Apogonichthys perdix
Bleeker 1854
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as
Apogon infuscus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Rapa.
Cercamia eremia
(Allen 1987)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific:
Christmas Island
, northwestern
Australia
; southern
Japan
;
Queensland
(
Australia
) east to
Tonga
,
Wallis and Futuna
.
Cheilodipterus arabicus
(Gmelin [ex Forsskål] 1789)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Tortonese 1968, as
Cheilodipterus lineatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870
, as
Cheilodipterus lineatus
;
Abel 1960
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Cheilodipterus lineatus
),
Eritrea
(
Borsieri 1904, as
Cheilodipterus lineatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
, as
Perca lineata
; see
Fricke 2008
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to
Pakistan
.
*
Cheilodipterus lachneri
Klausewitz 1959
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon 1993
),
Israel
(
Gon 1993
),
Jordan
(
Gon 1993
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klausewitz 1959b
),
Sudan
(
Gon 1993
),
Eritrea
(
Gon 1993
),
Saudi Arabia
(Klausewitz 1967).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Cheilodipterus macrodon
(Lacepède 1802)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Chilodipterus octovittatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Cheilodipterus octovittatus
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971
, as
Chilodipterus macrodon
;
Gon 1993
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
and
Pitcairn
Group.
Cheilodipterus novemstriatus
(Rüppell 1838)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon 1993
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Lachner 1955
, as
Paramia bipunctata
;
Abel 1960
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Eritrea
(Rüppell 1838, as
Apogon novemstriatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon 1993
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
to Persian
Gulf
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean (see
Goren
et al
. 2010b
;
Rothman
et al
. 2013
).
Cheilodipterus pygmaios
Gon 1993
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon 1993
),
Israel
(
Golani & Lerner 2007
).
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Gon 1993
),
Eritrea
(
Gon 1993
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon 1993
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus
Cuvier 1828
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Chilodipterus quinquelineatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971
),
Sudan
(
Gon 1993
),
Eritrea
(Clark
et al
. 1968, as
Paramia quinquelineata
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Roux-Estève 1956
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
and
Pitcairn
Group.
Foa
fo
Jordan
& Seale 1905
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Krupp 2003, as
Foa brachygramma
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Budker & Fourmanoir 1954, as
Apogon zuluensis
).
Remark:
Red Sea
records of
Foa brachygramma
(non Jenkins 1903) are based on this species (see
Fraser & Randall 2011
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
and Society Islands.
Fowleria aurita
(
Valenciennes 1831
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Day 1875, as
Apogon auritus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Klausewitz 1959b, as
Apogonichthys auritus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Goren & Karplus 1980
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Apogon auritus
),
Eritrea
(
Day 1875, as
Apogon auritus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
and Gambier Islands.
Fowleria isostigma
(
Jordan
& Seale 1906)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2010
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2010
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2010
),
Eritrea
(
Goren & Karplus 1980
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2010
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Pacific:
Indonesia
east to southern
Japan
and Rapa.
Fowleria marmorata
(Alleyne & Macleay 1877)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Goren & Karplus 1980
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Isari
et al
. 2017
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to
Line Islands
.
Fowleria vaiulae
(
Jordan
& Seale 1906)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Goren & Karplus 1980, as
Fowleria abocellata
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific: Persian
Gulf
east to Marshall, Line and Society islands.
Fowleria variegata
(
Valenciennes 1832
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Goren & Karplus 1980
; Golani 1999).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Goren & Karplus 1980
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2010
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Apogon variegatus
),
Eritrea
(Rüppell 1838, as
Apogon punctulatus
;
Gon & Randall 2003a
;
Gon & Bogorodsky 2010
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
,
Tonga
and
Samoa
.
*
Gymnapogon melanogaster
Gon & Golani 2002
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(Gon & Golani 2002).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Gulf
of
Aqaba
endemic.
Jaydia novaeguineae
(
Valenciennes 1832
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
).
General distribution:
Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
and New
Guinea
.
Jaydia queketti
(Gilchrist 1903)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon queketti
).
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon queketti
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western
India
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean (see
Eryilmaz and Dalayan 2006
, as
Apogon queketti
).
Jaydia smithi
Kotthaus 1970
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Fourmanoir 1967, as
Jaydia hungi
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon smithi
).
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon smithi
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
),
Yemen
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon smithi
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of
Oman
east to
Philippines
and
Marshall Islands
. Remark. Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean Sea (see Golani
et al
. 2008, as
Apogon smithi
).
Lepidamia multitaeniata
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon multitaeniatus
).
Gulf of
Aqaba
:
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Apogon multitaeniatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Apogon multitaeniatus
),
Eritrea
(Clark
et al
. 1968).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Neamia octospina
Smith & Radcliffe 1912
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Eritrea
(
Klunzinger 1884
, as
Apogon sphenurus
;
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Yaeyama Islands and northern
Australia
.
Nectamia annularis
Rüppell 1829
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Apogon annularis
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon annularis
),
Jordan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon annularis
;
Fraser 2008
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870,
Apogon annularis
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Apogon annularis
),
Eritrea
(
Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as
Apogon annularis
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Lachner 1951, as
Apogon erdmani
),
Yemen
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon annularis
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Nectamia fusca
(Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Apogon bandanensis
),
Egypt
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon guamensis
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon guamensis
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon bandanensis
),
Eritrea
(
Smith 1965b, as
Ostorhynchus spongicolus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Lachner 1951, as
Apogon nubilus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa,
Comoros
and
Madagascar
east to Ryukyu Islands,
Gilbert Islands
(
Kiribati
) and
Samoa
.
Remark:
Red Sea
records of
Apogon guamensis
Valenciennes 1832
are based on this species (
Fraser 2008
).
Nectamia zebrina
(
Fraser, Randall & Lachner 1999
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
),
Israel
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
),
Jordan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon zebrinus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
),
Sudan
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
),
Eritrea
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
),
Yemen
(
Fraser
et al
. 1999
, as
Apogon zebrinus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Ostorhinchus apogonoides
(Bleeker 1856)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon apogonides
).
Red Sea main basin:
Saudi Arabia
(
Isari
et al
. 2017
, as
Ostorhinchus apogonoides
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
,
Philippines
and Marquesas Islands.
Ostorhinchus bryx
(Fraser 1998)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon bryx
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
.
Ostorhinchus cookii
(Macleay 1881)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(Golani, 1999 as
Apogon cookii
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Lachner 1986, as
Apogon cookii
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon cookii
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon cookii
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
.
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
(Bleeker 1853)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon cyanosoma
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as
Apogon cyanosoma
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Apogon cyanosoma
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Apogon cyanosoma
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon cyanosoma
),
Eritrea
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon chrysotaenia
),
Saudi Arabia
(Klausewitz 1967, as
Apogon chrysotaenia
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Wake
Atoll,
Fiji
and
Tonga
.
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
(White 1790)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon quadrifasciatus
;
El-Ganainy
et al
2005
, as
Apogon fasciatus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon quadrifasciatus
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Apogon novemfasciatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870, as
Apogon fasciatus
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon fasciatus
),
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon quadrifasciatus
;
Fraser 2005
, as
Apogon fasciatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1970, as
Ostorhinchus quadrifasciatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
and New
Guinea
.
Remark:
Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean Sea (
Goren
et al
. 2009
).
Ostorhinchus fleurieu
Lacepède 1802
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon aureus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon fleurieu
),
Israel
(
Randall
et al
. 1990
, as
Apogon fleurieu
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Apogon aureus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Goren & Spanier 1985, as
Apogon fleurieu
),
Sudan
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon aureus
),
Eritrea
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon aureus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon aureus
),
Yemen
(
Kothaus 1970
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
and New
Guinea
.
Ostorhinchus gularis
(
Fraser & Lachner 1984
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Yemen
(
Fraser & Lachner 1984, as
Apogon gularis
).
General distribution:
Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to
Philippines
.
Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus
(Lachner 1953)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon nigrofasciatus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Lachner 1986, as
Apogon nigrofasciatus
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon nigrofasciatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Apogon
cf.
nigrofasciatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Goren & Spanier 1985, as
Apogon angustatus
),
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon nigrofasciatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Randall & Lachner 1986, as
Apogon nigrofasciatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
and Tuamotu Archipelago.
*
Ostorhinchus pselion
(
Randall, Fraser & Lachner 1990
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Randall
et al
. 1990
, as
Apogon pselion
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall
et al
. 1990
, as
Apogon pselion
),
Israel
(
Randall
et al
. 1990
, as
Apogon pselion
).
Red Sea main basin:
Yemen
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon pselion
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Ostorhinchus spilurus
(Regan 1905)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon spilurus
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1970, as
Ostorhynchus micromaculatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean:
Somalia
,
Pakistan
.
Pristiapogon exostigma
(
Jordan
& Starks 1906)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985, as
Apogon exostigma
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Apogon exostigma
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985
,
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon exostigma
),
Sudan
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985
,
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon exostigma
),
Eritrea
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985
,
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon exostigma
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985, as
Apogon exostigma
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific:
Oman
east to Marshall and Gambier Islands.
Pristiapogon fraenatus
(
Valenciennes 1832
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985
,
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon fraenatus
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Apogon frenatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1870,
Apogon frenatus
),
Eritrea
(Clark
et al
. 1968, as
Pristiapogon frenatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line and Gambier islands.
Pristiapogon kallopterus
(Bleeker 1856)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985
,
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Apogon kallopterus
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon kallopterus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Apogon kallopterus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Fraser & Lachner 1985, as
Apogon kallopterus
),
Debelius 2007
, as
Apogon urostigma
),
Saudi Arabia
(Tortonese 1982, as
Apogon kallopterus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.
Pseudamia gelatinosa
Smith 1954
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(Randall
et al
. 1985).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
and Society Islands.
*Pseudoamiops
springeri
Gon & Bogorodsky 2013
Gulf
of
Suez
:
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2013
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2013
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon & Bogorodsky 2013
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Rhabdamia nigrimentum
(
Smith 1961
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Eritrea
(
Smith 1961, as
Bentuviaichthys nigrimentum
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
),
Yemen
(
Kotthaus 1970, as
Bentuviaichthys nigrimentum
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Rhabdamia spilota
Allen & Kuiter 1994
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
,
Yoshida & Motomura 2018
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
Red Sea
main basin:
¯
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea east to southern
Japan
,
Philippines
and
New Caledonia
.
*
Siphamia goreni
Gon & Allen 2012
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Gon & Allen 2012
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon & Allen 2012
).
General distribution:
Southern
Red Sea
endemic.
Siphamia tubifer
Weber 1909
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Steindachner 1902, as
Beanea trivittata
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
, as
Siphamia permutata
;
Gon & Allen 2012
),
Israel
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Siphamia permutata
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Siphamia permutata
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klausewitz 1966
, as
Siphamia permutata
;
Gon & Allen 2012
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon & Allen 2012
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Philippines
and
Vanuatu
.
Sphaeramia orbicularis
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Caroline Islands
,
Gilbert Islands
(
Kiribati
),
Fiji
and
Tonga
.
*
Taeniamia bilineata
Gon & Randall 1995
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 1995, as
Archamia bilineata
),
Israel
(
Golani & Lerner 2007, as
Archamia lineolata
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(Gon
et al
. 2013, as
Archamia bilineata
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Archamia bilineata
),
Eritrea
(
Botros 1971, as
Apogon lineolatus
),
Yemen
(Gon
et al
. 2013, as
Archamia bilineata
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
endemic.
Taeniamia fucata
(Cantor 1849)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 1995
, as
Archamia irida
; Golani, 1999 as
Archamia fucata
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Archamia fucata
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Archamia fucata
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Goren & Spanier 1985, as
Archamia fucata
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Archamia fucata
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
,
Samoa
and
Tonga
.
Remark:
Red Sea
and western Indian Ocean populations may be referable to
Taeniamia sansibaricus
(Pfeffer 1893)
(see
Mabuchi
et al
. 2014
).
Taeniamia lineolata
(
Cuvier 1828
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klausewitz 1964, as
Archamia lineolata
),
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Archamia lineolata
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Apogon lineolatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Tortonese 1983, as
Archamia lineolata
).
General distribution:
Red, Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.
Verulux cypselurus
(Weber 1909)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Randall 1994c
as
Rhabdamia cypselura
,
Yoshida & Motomura 2016
),
Eritrea
(
Gon & Randall 2003a as
Rhabdamia cypselura
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Randall 1994c
as
Rhabdamia cypselura
,
Yoshida & Motomura 2016
),
Yemen
(
Yoshida & Motomura 2016
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
,
Fiji
and
Tonga
.
Zapogon isus
(
Randall & Böhlke 1981
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Randall & Böhlke 1981, as
Apogon isus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf 2004, as
Apogon isus
).
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Randall & Böhlke 1981, as
Apogon isus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Randall & Böhlke 1981, as
Apogon isus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
,
northwestern Indian Ocean
:
Gulf
of
Aden
.
Zoramia leptacanthus
(Bleeker 1856)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
Sudan
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon leptacanthus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Gon & Randall 2003a, as
Apogon leptacanthus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
,
Tonga
and
Samoa
.