Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea
Author
Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
Author
Alpermann, Tilman J.
Author
Mal, Ahmad O.
Author
Gabr, Mohamed H.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3852
4
401
437
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1
15e7f80c-042d-4537-8b2c-696136c4f427
1175-5326
225360
350DD9AE-B559-4DE6-94C6-EDCB90F4EAB4
Equulites klunzingeri
(Steindachner, 1898)
Material examined.
SMF
35028 (5: 8.2–9.0 cm);
SMF
35029 (4:
8.2–10.3 cm
);
KAUMM
79 (5:
7.4–8.3 cm
);
KAUMM
80 (6:
7.6–8.6 cm
).
Remarks.
Previously known as endemic to the Gulf of Suez and immigrant to the Mediterranean Sea via Suez Canal (
Dor 1984
); the record off Jizan extends its known distribution in the Red Sea, and the species was also recently reported from the Gulf of
Oman
(
Jawad
et al.
2012
).