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 text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-05 4509 1 1 215 journal article 28027 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1 6c170c2b-8792-4173-ac41-2aa1fe2b7ab7 1175-5326 2607566 9D80FE28-D378-4C7D-87D7-380F6B583BC1 GOBIIDAE Remark: A record of Eviota prasites (non Jordan & Seale 1906) by Debelius (2007) needs verification. Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock 1979 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Jaafar & Randall 2009 ), Saudi Arabia ( Randall 1994c ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines , New Guinea and Solomon Islands . * Amblyeleotris neglecta Jaafar & Randall 2009 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Jaafar & Randall 2009 ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz 1974) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1974a, as Cryptocentrus steinitzi ), Israel ( Karplus 1979 ; Jaafar & Randall 2009 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ), Sudan ( Jaafar & Randall 2009 ). Saudi Arabia ( Debelius 2007 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa . Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz 1969) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007 ; Jaafar & Randall 2009 ), Israel ( Goren 1979b, as Cryptocentrus sungami ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010 ), Sudan ( Klausewitz 1969b, as Cryptocentrus sungami ). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean: Seychelles , Sri Lanka . Amblyeleotris triguttata Randall 1994 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris periophthalmus ), Saudi Arabia ( Randall 1994a ), Yemen ( Randall 1994a ). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman , Persian Gulf. Amblyeleotris wheeleri ( Polunin & Lubbock 1977 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall & Jaafar 2009 ), Yemen ( Randall 1994c ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands . Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren 1979b ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b ), Israel ( Goren 1979b ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albomaculatus ), Sudan ( Botros 1971 ; Goren 1979b ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius albimaculatus ; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 , as Gobius quinqueocellatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Gobius albomaculatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines . Amblygobius esakiae Herre 1939 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall 1994c ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea . Amblygobius nocturnus (Herre 1945) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren 1978b, as Ctenogobiops klausewitzi ) Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Amblygobius klausewitzi ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands . Amblygobius sewardii (Playfair 1867) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Amblycentrus magnusi ). Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1968a, as Biat magnusi ). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean : East Africa . Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: southern Red Sea ( Allen & Erdmann 2012 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea . Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Shibukawa et al . 2010 ), Saudi Arabia ( Shibukawa et al . 2010 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline and Solomon Islands . Arcygobius baliurus ( Valenciennes 1837 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Gnatholepis baliurus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles ; Indonesia east to Ryukyu Islands and Philippines . Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Asterropterix semipunctatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago. Bathygobius cyclopterus ( Valenciennes 1837 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1978c ), Israel ( Goren 1978c ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albopunctatus ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Gobius albopunctatus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius albopunctatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Samoa . Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Botros 1971 , as Gobius nebulopunctatus ; Goren 1978c , as Bathygobius fuscus and B. fishelsoni ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Gobius fuscus ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius nebulopunctatus ), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895 , as Gobius nebulopunctatus ; Clark et al . 1968). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas and Gambier islands. Bryaninops discus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Suzuki et al . 2012 ). General distribution: Red Sea , northwestern Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden . Bryaninops loki Larson 1985 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Suzuki et al . 2012 ). Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Suzuki et al . 2012 ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Ryukyu and Line islands . Bryaninops natans Larson 1985 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Larson 1985 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Madagascar east to Marshall and Cook islands . Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1984a , as Lobulogobius bentuviai ; Larson 1985 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tonga . * Bryaninops spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Suzuki et al . 2012 ). Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall 1994c , as Bryaninops erythrops ; Suzuki et al . 2012 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Bryaninops tigris Larson 1985 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Suzuki et al . 2012 ). General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Society islands. Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ), Israel ( Goren & Diamant 1983, as Tenacigobius yongei ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands . * Cabillus nigrostigmus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013). General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic. Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Goren et al . 1991 ). Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman . Callogobius clarkae (Goren 1978) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren 1978b, as Drombus clarki ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki ), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Callogobius clarki ), Sudan (Delbenthal & Mooi 2014 , as Callogobius clarki ), Eritrea ( Delventhal & Mooi 2014 , Delventhal et al . 2016 , as Callogobius clarki ), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al . 2016 , as Callogobius clarki ). General distribution: Red Sea , northwestern Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden . Remark: Red Sea records of Callogobius bifasciatus (non Smith 1958 ) are based on this species (see Delventhal & Mooi 2014 ). Callogobius dori Goren 1980 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ), Sudan (Goren 1980), Eritrea ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles . Callogobius flavobrunneus ( Smith 1958 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Goren 1980). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Mucogobius flavobrunneus ), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Chagos Archipelago. * Callogobius pilosimentum Delventhal, Mooi, Bogorodsky & Mal 2016 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1979b , as Drombus irrasus ; Delventhal et al . 2016 ), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius irrasus ; Delventhal et al . 2016 ), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner 1897) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Delventhal et al . 2016 ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marquesas and Gambier islands. Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958 Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis ), Israel ( Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 , as Coryogalops sufensis ; Kovačić et al . 2014), Eritrea (Clark 1968). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean : East Africa to Persian Gulf . * Coryogalops guttatus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. * Coryogalops nanus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2016 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al . 2016 ). Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al . 2016 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. * Coryogalops ocheticus ( Norman 1927 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Norman 1927 , as Gobius ocheticus ; Miller 1978 , as Monishia ochetica ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae ), Israel ( Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1975, as Cabillus anchialinae ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007 ). * Coryogalops pseudomonospilus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Amblyacentrus arabicus ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius arabicus ), Eritrea (Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 , as Gobius bimaculatus ; Giglioli 1889 , as Gobius arabicus ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Gobius anguillaris ; see Fricke 2008 ). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf. Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b ), Israel ( Karplus et al . 1981 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1964 ), Sudan ( Goren 1979b ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius caeruleopunctatus ; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 , as Gobius pavoninus ), Saudi Arabia ( Klausewitz 1960b ). General distribution: Red Sea , northwestern Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden . Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the eastern Mediterranean Sea ( Rothman and Goren, 2015 ). Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus ( Valenciennes 1837 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b ), Israel ( Goren 1979b ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1960b ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 , as Gobius cryptocentrus ), Saudi Arabia ( Botros 1971, as Gobius cryptocentrus ). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Chagos Archipelago. Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair 1867) Red Sea : ( Randall 1995b ). Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to New Britain . Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz 1960 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b ), Israel ( Karplus et al . 1981 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010 ), Saudi Arabia ( Klausewitz 1960b ). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean : East Africa to Persian Gulf . Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall et al . 2003 , as Ctenogobiops maculosus ; Kovačić et al . 2011 ), Israel ( Goren 1979b ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Ctenogobiops maculosus ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Michiels et al . 2008 , as Ctenogobiops maculosus ; Kovačić et al . 2011 ), Sudan ( Randall et al . 2003 , as Ctenogobiops maculosus ; Kovačić et al . 2011 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea . Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin 1977 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Lubbock & Polunin 1977 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and Solomon Islands . Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Freinschlag & Patzner 2012 ), Israel ( Karplus et al . 1981 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Kovačić et al . 2011 ), Saudi Arabia (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955 , as Cryptocentroides maculosus ), Eritrea (Clark et al . 1968). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea . Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978 ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago. Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale 1906 Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 ), Israel ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Eviota stigmapteron ; Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Tuamotu Archipelago. * Eviota geminata Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al . 2014 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Eviota guttata Lachner & Karnella 1978 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ), Israel ( Brokovich et al . 2008 ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ), Sudan ( Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016 ), Eritrea ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles , Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to western Indonesia . * Eviota oculopiperita Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al . 2014 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Eviota pardalota Lachner & Karnella 1978 Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ), Israel ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ), Eritrea ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman , Persian Gulf. Eviota prasina ( Klunzinger 1871 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 , as Eleotris prasimus ; Brokovich et al . 2008 , as Eviota pencees ), Jordan ( Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Eleotris prasinus ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris prasinus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Tuamotu Islands. Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez & Erdmann 2016 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 , as Eviota sebreei ; Tornabene et al . 2016 ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Eviota sebreei ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Eviota sebreei ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman , Seychelles and Comoros east to Ryukyu Islands and eastern Indonesia . Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella 1978 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ), Israel ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ), Sudan ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ), Saudi Arabia ( Lachner & Karnella 1978 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Fiji and Tonga . Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010 ), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Acentrogobius belissimus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan , Solomon Islands and Samoa . Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Bogorodsky et al . 2011b , as Papillogobius melanobranchus ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1978b , as Silhouettea chaimi ; Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a , as Papillogobius melanobranchus ), Israel ( Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea . Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007 , as Papillogobius melanobranchus ). Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1853) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1989, as Oplopomus reichei ). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea . Feia nympha Smith 1959 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Bogorodsky et al . 2010 ), Saudi Arabia ( Kovačić et al . 2016 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia . Fusigobius humeralis (Randall 2001) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis ). Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis ), Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to French Polynesia . Fusigobius longispinus Goren 1978 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Hoese & Reader 1985 ), Israel ( Goren 1978b ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands . Fusigobius maximus (Randall 2001) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus maximus ). General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman , Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and New Caledonia . Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Coryphopterus neophytus ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ), Sudan ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands. Gladiogobius rex Shibukawa & Allen 2007 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Gladiogobius ensifer ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Aldabra east to western Indonesia . Remark: The Red Sea record of Gladiogobius ensifer (non Herre 1933) is based on G. rex (see Shibukawa & Allen 2007 ). Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Goren 1979b ). General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Society Islands. Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Greenfield 2001 , Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955 , as Acentrogobius kauerensis ; Golani & Lerner 2007 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Randall & Greenfield 2001 , Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Sudan ( Randall & Greenfield 2001 ), Yemen ( Larson & Buckle 2012 ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago. Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle 2012 Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b , as Acentrogobius cauerensis ; Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1979b , as Acentrogobius cauerensis ; Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Sudan ( Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b , as Acentrogobius cauerensis , Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Yemen ( Larson & Buckle 2012 ). General distribution: Red Sea , northwestern Indian Ocean : Persian Gulf . Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives , Taiwan . * Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ), Yemen ( Herler et al . 2013 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell 1838) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Botros 1971 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ), Israel ( Shpigel, 1997 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915 ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius citrinus ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Samoa and Tonga . Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ), Saudi Arabia ( Herler et al . 2013 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives , Ryukyu Islands. Gobiodon histrio ( Valenciennes 1837 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Samoa . * Gobiodon irregularis Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al . 2013 ), Eritrea ( Herler et al . 2013 ), Saudi Arabia ( Herler et al . 2013 ). General distribution: Red Sea endemic. Gobiodon prolixus Winterbottom & Harold 2005 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Yemen ( Bogorodsky et al . 2010 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Comoros , Madagascar and Rodrigues (Mascarenes) east to Tuamoutu Islands. Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair 1867 Gulf of Suez : ( Botros 1971 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005 ), Israel ( Brokovich et al . 2008 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985 ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915 ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Gobiodon punctatus ). General distribution: Red Sea , western Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf ; Chagos Archipelago. Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Gobiodon quinquestriagatus ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 , as Gobiodon quinquestrigatus ; Herler & Hilgers 2005 ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius rivulatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Gobiodon ceramensis ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877 ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands. Gobius cobitis Pallas 1811 Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Goren & Klausewitz 1978 ).