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
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BALISTIDAE
Abalistes stellatus
(Anonymous [Lacepède] 1798)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes 2005
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871
, as
Balistes stellatus
;
Sanzo 1930
, as
Balistes lineatus
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Balistes stellatus
;
Sanzo 1930
, as
Balistes lineatus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Bogorodsky
et al
. 2014b
),
Yemen
(Heda
et al
. 1998, as
Abalistis
stellatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Palau
,
Fiji
and
Tonga
.
Balistapus undulatus
(Park 1797)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Israel
(
Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes undulatus
),
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(
Tortonese 1947a
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Balistes lineatus
;
Roux-Estève 1956
).
General distribution:
Red Sea
, Indo-West Pacific:
East Africa
east to Line and
Marquesas islands
and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Balistoides viridescens
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes viridescens
),
Sudan
(
Edwards & Rosewell 1981
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Balistes viridescens
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Botros 1971, as
Balistes viridescens
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Wake
Atoll and
Pitcairn
Group.
Canthidermis macrolepis
(Boulenger 1888)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Israel
(
Baranes 2005
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Eritrea
(
Tortonese 1956, as
Canthidermis longirostris
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and southern
Oman
.
Odonus niger
(Rüppell 1836)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Zenodon erythrodon
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes erythrodon
),
Eritrea
(
Botros 1971, as
Balistes niger
),
Saudi Arabia
(Rüppell 1837, as
Xenodon niger
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern
Japan
, Ogasawara Islands, Marquesas and Society islands.
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes flavimarginatus
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Balistes flavimarginatus
),
Eritrea
(
Tortonese 1956
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Balistes flavimarginatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
east to Tuamotu Archipelago.
Pseudobalistes fuscus
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Balistes fuscus
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Xanthichthys fuscus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes fuscus
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Balistes fuscus
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Rüppell 1829
, as
Balistes caerulescens
; Rüppell 1837, as
Balistes rivulatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Rhinecanthus assasi
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
)
Gulf of
Suez
:
Egypt
(
Botros 1971, as
Balistes assasi
).
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Marshall 1952
),
Israel
(
Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as
Rhinecanthus verrucosus
),
Jordan
(
Bouchon
et al
. 1981
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes assasi
),
Sudan
(
Bamber 1915, as
Balistes assasi
),
Eritrea
(
Giglioli 1889, as
Balistes assasi
),
Saudi Arabia
(Forsskål in
Niebuhr 1775
, as
Balistes assasi
; see
Fricke 2008
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of
Oman
, Persian Gulf.
Sufflamen albicaudatum
(
Rüppell 1829
)
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf of Aqaba:
Egypt
(
Lieske & Myers 2010 as
Sufflamen albicaudatus
),
Israel
(
Tortonese 1968, as
Sufflamen albicaudatus
),
Jordan
(
Khalaf & Disi 1997, as
Sufflamen albicaudatus
).
Red Sea main basin:
Egypt
(
Klunzinger 1871, as
Balistes niger
),
Saudi Arabia
(
Debelius 2007
),
Eritrea
(
Rüppell 1829, as
Balistes albicaudatus
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of
Oman
to Persian Gulf.
Sufflamen fraenatum
(Latreille 1804)
Red Sea:
Egypt
(
Haroun
et al
. 2017
).
Gulf
of
Suez
:
¯
Gulf
of
Aqaba
:
¯
Red Sea
main basin:
(
Randall 2005
).
General distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group.