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of 
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:
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¯
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Nemtzov 
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(
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).
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main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0E4AFE497FEA" bold="true" box="[151,411,366,391]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern 
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, 
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and New 
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.
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0EFEFE417F9E" box="[151,403,474,499]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Callechelys catostoma</emphasis>
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of 
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:
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¯
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0D06FE997C56" bold="true" box="[151,331,546,571]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0D06FF1F7C56" box="[151,205,546,571]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
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:
</emphasis>
¯
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(
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Klunzinger 1871, as 
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0D4EFE477CEE" bold="true" box="[151,405,618,643]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
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, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Austral islands.
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(Bleeker 1853)
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0DF2FEE67C82" bold="true" box="[151,308,726,751]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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of 
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:
</emphasis>
¯
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0DDEFE997D7E" bold="true" box="[151,331,762,787]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
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(
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(
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0C3AFE5E7D5A" bold="true" box="[151,396,798,823]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0C66FE477D36" bold="true" box="[151,405,834,859]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
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, Indo-West Pacific: 
<location id="0B2060618E7D4412FD460C67FC8F7D36" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:865687AC8E7D4414FF0F0FBCFB2A7865:0B2060618E7D4412FD460C67FC8F7D36" box="[734,861,834,859]" name="East Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">East Africa</location>
east to Society and
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<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FBA60C67FADD7D36" box="[1086,1295,834,859]" country="French Polynesia" name="Iles Marquises" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Marquesas islands</collectingRegion>
.
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<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0CAEFDB67DCE" blockId="26.[151,1436,906,1111]" box="[151,612,906,931]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FF0F0CAEFDB67DCE" authority="(Gunther 1870)" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1870" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[151,612,906,931]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Cirrhimuraena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="playfairii">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0CAEFE7D7DCE" box="[151,431,906,931]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Cirrhimuraena playfairii</emphasis>
(Günther 1870)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0C8AFE997DAB" blockId="26.[151,1436,906,1111]" box="[151,331,942,967]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0C8AFEE67DAA" bold="true" box="[151,308,942,967]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0C8AFF1F7DAA" box="[151,205,942,967]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B0C8AFEFD7DAA" box="[243,303,942,967]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0CF6FEB07D87" blockId="26.[151,1436,906,1111]" box="[151,354,978,1003]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0CF6FE997D86" bold="true" box="[151,331,978,1003]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0CF6FF1F7D86" box="[151,205,978,1003]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B0CF6FE957D86" box="[243,327,978,1003]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0CD2FE2E7A5E" blockId="26.[151,1436,906,1111]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0CD2FE467A62" bold="true" box="[151,404,1014,1039]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FE060CD3FE337A62" box="[414,481,1015,1039]" name="Egypt" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FE6B0CD2FD647A62" author="Klunzinger, C. B." box="[499,694,1014,1039]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="441 - 688" refId="ref133987" refString="Klunzinger, C. B. (1871) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 21, 441 - 688." type="journal article" year="1871">Klunzinger 1871</bibRefCitation>
, as 
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FD7E0CD2FC087A62" box="[742,986,1014,1039]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Ophichthys arenicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FC740CD2FB197A62" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Golani, D. &amp; Appelbaum-Golani, B." box="[1004,1227,1014,1039]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="56 - 66" refId="ref122854" refString="Fricke, R., Golani, D. Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015 d) Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16, 56 - 66." type="journal article" year="2015">
Fricke 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FBA50CD3FBA37A62" box="[1085,1137,1014,1039]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al</emphasis>
. 2015d
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), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FB7A0CD2FAFC7A62" box="[1250,1326,1014,1039]" name="Eritrea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FAD80CD2FE3E7A5E" author="Borsieri, C." pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="187 - 220" refId="ref114095" refString="Borsieri, C. (1904) Contribuzione alla conoscenza della fauna ittiologica della Colonia Eritrea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Series 3, 1 (41), 187 - 220." type="journal article" year="1904">
Borsieri 1904, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FF630B3EFE3E7A5E" authorityName="Klunzinger" authorityYear="1871" box="[251,492,1050,1075]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arenicola">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF630B3EFE3E7A5E" box="[251,492,1050,1075]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Ophichthys arenicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0B1AFAF97A3A" blockId="26.[151,1436,906,1111]" box="[151,1323,1086,1111]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0B1AFE477A3A" bold="true" box="[151,405,1086,1111]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="BE973CE78E7D4412FE040B1AFB9C7A3A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028139907" box="[412,1102,1086,1111]" location="East Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FE040B1AFE297A3A" box="[412,507,1086,1111]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
, Indo-West Pacific: 
<location id="0B2060618E7D4412FD460B1BFC8F7A3A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:865687AC8E7D4414FF0F0FBCFB2A7865:0B2060618E7D4412FD460B1BFC8F7A3A" box="[734,861,1086,1111]" name="East Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">East Africa</location>
east to Hawaiian and
</materialsCitation>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FBCD0B1BFAF47A3A" box="[1109,1318,1086,1111]" country="French Polynesia" name="Iles Marquises" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Marquesas islands</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="46E565318E7D4412FF0F0BA2FE997AAF" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0BA2FC9A7AF2" blockId="26.[151,840,1158,1327]" box="[151,840,1158,1183]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0BA2FF707AF2" box="[151,162,1158,1183]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">*</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FF390BA2FC9A7AF2" ID-CoL="43RYY" authority="Hibino, Kimura &amp; Golani 2015" authorityName="Hibino, Kimura &amp; Golani" authorityYear="2015" box="[161,840,1158,1183]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Mixomyrophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longidorsalis">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF390BA2FE337AF2" box="[161,481,1158,1183]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Mixomyrophis longidorsalis</emphasis>
Hibino, Kimura &amp; 
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FD250BA2FC9A7AF2" author="Golani, D. &amp; Askarov, G. &amp; Dashevsky, Y." box="[701,840,1158,1183]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="143 - 145" refId="ref125358" refString="Golani, D., Askarov, G. &amp; Dashevsky, Y. (2015) First record of the Red Sea spotted grouper, Epinephelus geoffroyi (Klunzinger 1870) (Serranidae), in the Mediterranean. BioInvasions Records, 4 (2), 143 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.3391 / bir. 2015.4.2.12" type="journal article" year="2015">Golani 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0B8EFE997AAF" blockId="26.[151,840,1158,1327]" box="[151,331,1194,1219]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0B8EFEE67AAE" bold="true" box="[151,308,1194,1219]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0B8EFF1F7AAE" box="[151,205,1194,1219]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B0B8EFEFD7AAE" box="[243,303,1194,1219]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="46E565318E7D4414FF0F0BEAFB2A7865" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="description">
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0BEAFDAF7A8A" blockId="26.[151,840,1158,1327]" box="[151,637,1230,1255]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0BEAFE997A8A" bold="true" box="[151,331,1230,1255]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FECA0BEAFE427A8A" box="[338,400,1230,1255]" name="Israel" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Israel</collectingCountry>
(Hibino 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FE6D0BEBFDF57A8A" box="[501,551,1230,1255]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al</emphasis>
. 2015).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0BD6FE717B67" blockId="26.[151,840,1158,1327]" box="[151,419,1266,1291]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0BD6FE5E7B66" bold="true" box="[151,396,1266,1291]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0BD6FF2A7B66" box="[151,248,1266,1291]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0A32FD797B42" blockId="26.[151,840,1158,1327]" box="[151,683,1302,1327]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0A32FE477B42" bold="true" box="[151,405,1302,1327]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FE040A32FE1D7B42" box="[412,463,1302,1327]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FE6D0A32FDEC7B42" box="[501,574,1302,1327]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
endemic.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0A7AFD977B1A" blockId="26.[151,1435,1374,1579]" box="[151,581,1374,1399]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FF0F0A7AFD977B1A" authority="Bleeker 1857" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1857" box="[151,581,1374,1399]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schultzei">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0A7AFE7A7B1A" box="[151,424,1374,1399]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Muraenichthys schultzei</emphasis>
Bleeker 1857
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0AA6FE997BF7" blockId="26.[151,1435,1374,1579]" box="[151,331,1410,1435]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0AA6FEE67BF6" bold="true" box="[151,308,1410,1435]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0AA6FF1F7BF6" box="[151,205,1410,1435]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B0AA6FEFD7BF6" box="[243,303,1410,1435]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0A82FEB07BD3" blockId="26.[151,1435,1374,1579]" box="[151,354,1446,1471]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0A82FE997BD2" bold="true" box="[151,331,1446,1471]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0A82FF1F7BD2" box="[151,205,1446,1471]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B0A82FE957BD2" box="[243,327,1446,1471]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0AEEFDAC786A" blockId="26.[151,1435,1374,1579]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0AEEFE427B8E" bold="true" box="[151,400,1482,1507]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FE010AEFFE0E7B8E" box="[409,476,1483,1507]" name="Egypt" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FE740AEFFD217B8E" author="Goren, M. &amp; Spanier, E." box="[492,755,1482,1507]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="471 - 478" refId="ref128208" refString="Goren, M. &amp; Spanier, E. (1985) The communities of benthic fish in Foul Bay (Tiran Island, Red Sea). Oceanologica Acta, 8 (4), 471 - 478." type="journal article" year="1985">Goren &amp; Spanier 1985</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FC910AEEFC9D7B8E" box="[777,847,1482,1507]" name="Sudan" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FCC70AEEFAE47B8E" author="Bamber, R. C." box="[863,1334,1482,1507]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="477 - 485" refId="ref110919" refString="Bamber, R. C. (1915) Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M. A., D. Sc., F. L. S. XXII. The Fishes. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 31 (210), 477 - 485, pl. 46." type="journal article" year="1915">
Bamber 1915, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FBB10AEEFAE47B8E" box="[1065,1334,1482,1507]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schultzii">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FBB10AEEFAE47B8E" box="[1065,1334,1482,1507]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Muraenichthys schultzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FAD70AEEFA497B8E" box="[1359,1435,1482,1507]" name="Eritrea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FF060ACAFDBF786A" author="Gallotti, A. M." box="[158,621,1518,1543]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="27 - 31" refId="ref123664" refString="Gallotti, A. M. (1973) Osservazioni intorno ad alcuni pesci ossei del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 79, 27 - 31." type="journal article" year="1973">
Gallotti 1973, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FEF90ACAFDBF786A" box="[353,621,1518,1543]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schultzii">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FEF90ACAFDBF786A" box="[353,621,1518,1543]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Muraenichthys schultzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0936FA597846" blockId="26.[151,1435,1374,1579]" box="[151,1419,1554,1579]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0936FE477846" bold="true" box="[151,405,1554,1579]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FC2B0936FB8A7846" box="[947,1112,1554,1579]" name="United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Johnston Atoll</collectingCountry>
and Tuamotu Archipelago.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F097EFD81781E" blockId="26.[151,1436,1626,1831]" box="[151,595,1626,1651]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FF0F097EFD81781E" authority="(Boddaert 1781)" authorityName="Boddaert" authorityYear="1781" baseAuthorityName="Boddaert" baseAuthorityYear="1781" box="[151,595,1626,1651]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F097EFE46781E" box="[151,404,1626,1651]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Myrichthys colubrinus</emphasis>
(Boddaert 1781)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F095AFE9978FB" blockId="26.[151,1436,1626,1831]" box="[151,331,1662,1687]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F095AFEE678FA" bold="true" box="[151,308,1662,1687]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F095AFF1F78FA" box="[151,205,1662,1687]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B095AFEFD78FA" box="[243,303,1662,1687]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0986FEB078D7" blockId="26.[151,1436,1626,1831]" box="[151,354,1698,1723]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0986FE9978D6" bold="true" box="[151,331,1698,1723]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F0986FF1F78D6" box="[151,205,1698,1723]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B0986FE9578D6" box="[243,327,1698,1723]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F09E2FC0C78B2" blockId="26.[151,1436,1626,1831]" box="[151,990,1734,1759]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F09E2FE5E78B2" bold="true" box="[151,396,1734,1759]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FE0B09E3FE0478B2" box="[403,470,1735,1759]" name="Egypt" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FE7C09E2FC1E78B2" author="Klunzinger, C. B." box="[484,972,1734,1759]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="441 - 688" refId="ref133987" refString="Klunzinger, C. B. (1871) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 21, 441 - 688." type="journal article" year="1871">
Klunzinger 1871, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FD5709E2FC1E78B2" baseAuthorityName="Boddaert" baseAuthorityYear="1781" box="[719,972,1734,1759]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FD5709E2FC1E78B2" box="[719,972,1734,1759]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Ophichthys colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F09CEFE1A794A" blockId="26.[151,1436,1626,1831]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F09CEFE45796E" bold="true" box="[151,407,1770,1795]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FC5D09CEFBB9796E" box="[965,1131,1770,1795]" name="United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Johnston Atoll</collectingCountry>
and Tuamotu Archipelago (but not Hawaiian Islands).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F0872FDE57902" blockId="26.[151,1436,1878,2011]" box="[151,567,1878,1903]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FF0F0872FDE57902" authority="(Cuvier 1816)" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1816" baseAuthorityName="Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1816" box="[151,567,1878,1903]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculosus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F0872FE407902" box="[151,402,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Myrichthys maculosus</emphasis>
(Cuvier 1816)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F085EFE9979FF" blockId="26.[151,1436,1878,2011]" box="[151,331,1914,1939]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F085EFEE679FE" bold="true" box="[151,308,1914,1939]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF0F085EFF1F79FE" box="[151,205,1914,1939]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7D4412FF6B085EFEFD79FE" box="[243,303,1914,1939]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4412FF0F08BAFC2979DA" blockId="26.[151,1436,1878,2011]" box="[151,1019,1950,1975]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F08BAFE9979DA" bold="true" box="[151,331,1950,1975]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FECA08BBFE4779DA" box="[338,405,1951,1975]" name="Egypt" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FE3C08BAFD4C79DA" author="Lieske, E. &amp; Myers, R." box="[420,670,1950,1975]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refId="ref136552" refString="Lieske, E. &amp; Myers, R. (2010) Korallenriff-Fuhrer Rotes Meer. 2 nd Edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart, 398 pp." type="book" year="2010">Lieske &amp; Myers 2010</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FD2A08BAFD2F79DA" box="[690,765,1950,1975]" name="Jordan" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Jordan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FC9308BAFC3C79DA" author="Khalaf, M. &amp; Disi, A. M." box="[779,1006,1950,1975]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 252" refId="ref131595" refString="Khalaf, M. A &amp;. Disi, A. M. (1997) Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Publications of the Marine Science Station, Aqaba, 8, 1 - 252." type="journal article" year="1997">Khalaf &amp; Disi 1997</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7D4413FF0F08E6FB8D7EDD" blockId="26.[151,1436,1878,2011]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1320,151,213]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FF0F08E6FE4D79B6" bold="true" box="[151,415,1986,2011]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FE3408E7FE3D79B6" box="[428,495,1987,2011]" name="Egypt" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7D4412FD9B08E6FBD779B6" author="Klunzinger, C. B." box="[515,1029,1986,2011]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="441 - 688" refId="ref133987" refString="Klunzinger, C. B. (1871) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 21, 441 - 688." type="journal article" year="1871">
Klunzinger 1871, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7D4412FC9A08E6FBD779B6" box="[770,1029,1986,2011]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculosus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7D4412FC9A08E6FBD779B6" box="[770,1029,1986,2011]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Ophichthys maculosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7D4412FBBA08E6FB6979B6" box="[1058,1211,1986,2011]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
(Rüppell 1830, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0FBDFE827EDD" authorityName="Rüppell" authorityYear="1830" box="[151,336,153,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Muraenidae" genus="Muraena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrina">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0FBDFE827EDD" box="[151,336,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Muraena tigrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FEC70FBCFDC27EDD" author="Tortonese, E." box="[351,528,152,176]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="105 - 110" refId="ref148478" refString="Tortonese, E. (1983) List of fishes observed near Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Journal of the Faculty of Marine Science, 3, 105 - 110." type="journal article" year="1983">Tortonese 1983</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FDBC0FBCFDA07EC2" box="[548,626,152,175]" name="Yemen" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Yemen</collectingCountry>
(Picaglia 1894, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FCD00FBCFB9D7EDD" baseAuthorityName="Lesson" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[840,1103,152,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Muraenidae" genus="Gymnomuraena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrina">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FCD00FBCFB9D7EDD" box="[840,1103,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gymnomuraena tigrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0F98FAFA7EB8" blockId="27.[151,1320,151,213]" box="[151,1320,188,213]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0F98FE477EB8" bold="true" box="[151,405,188,213]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FCED0F99FC1C7EB9" box="[885,974,189,212]" name="Panama" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Panama</collectingCountry>
(except for Hawaiian Islands).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0E20FDF77F70" blockId="27.[151,1317,260,429]" box="[151,549,260,285]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0E20FDF77F70" authority="(Bleeker 1864)" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1864" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[151,549,260,285]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microchir">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0E20FEA77F70" box="[151,373,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Myrophis microchir</emphasis>
(Bleeker 1864)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0E03FC7F7F2D" blockId="27.[151,1317,260,429]" box="[151,941,295,320]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0E03FEE67F2D" bold="true" box="[151,308,295,320]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
Gulf of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0E03FEFD7F2D" box="[243,303,295,320]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FEA30E0CFEAC7F2D" box="[315,382,296,320]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE140E0CFE2E7F2D" author="Dor, M." box="[396,508,296,320]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="7 - 28" refId="ref119659" refString="Dor, M. (1970) Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 44. Nouveaux poissons pour la faune de la mer Rouge. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 54, 7 - 28." type="journal article" year="1970">Dor 1970</bibRefCitation>
, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FDBD0E03FCD07F2D" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[549,770,295,320]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FDBD0E03FCD07F2D" box="[549,770,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Myrophis uropterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Golani 1999).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0E68FCF87F09" blockId="27.[151,1317,260,429]" box="[151,810,332,357]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0E68FE997F08" bold="true" box="[151,331,332,357]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FECA0E69FE477F08" box="[338,405,333,357]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE3C0E68FCCB7F09" author="Dor, M." box="[420,793,332,357]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="7 - 28" refId="ref119659" refString="Dor, M. (1970) Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 44. Nouveaux poissons pour la faune de la mer Rouge. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 54, 7 - 28." type="journal article" year="1970">
Dor 1970, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FDA40E68FCCB7F09" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[572,793,332,357]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FDA40E68FCCB7F09" box="[572,793,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Myrophis uropterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0E4BFCB87FE5" blockId="27.[151,1317,260,429]" box="[151,874,367,392]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0E4BFE5E7FE5" bold="true" box="[151,396,367,392]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FE0B0E54FE047FE5" box="[403,470,368,392]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE7C0E54FC887FE5" author="Dor, M." box="[484,858,367,392]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="7 - 28" refId="ref119659" refString="Dor, M. (1970) Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 44. Nouveaux poissons pour la faune de la mer Rouge. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 54, 7 - 28." type="journal article" year="1970">
Dor 1970, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FDE50E4BFC887FE5" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[637,858,367,392]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FDE50E4BFC887FE5" box="[637,858,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Myrophis uropterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0EB0FAF77FC0" blockId="27.[151,1317,260,429]" box="[151,1317,404,429]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0EB0FE477FC0" bold="true" box="[151,405,404,429]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="BE973CE78E7C4413FE040EB0FB947FC0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028139933" box="[412,1094,404,429]" location="East Africa" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FE040EB0FE297FC1" box="[412,507,404,429]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
, Indo-West Pacific: 
<location id="0B2060618E7C4413FD460EB1FC8F7FC0" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:865687AC8E7D4414FF0F0FBCFB2A7865:0B2060618E7C4413FD460EB1FC8F7FC0" box="[734,861,404,429]" name="East Africa" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">East Africa</location>
east to Marshall and
</materialsCitation>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FBD50EB1FAF37FC0" box="[1101,1313,404,429]" country="French Polynesia" name="Iles Marquises" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Marquesas Islands</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0EF8FD9B7F98" blockId="27.[151,665,476,645]" box="[151,585,476,501]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0EF8FE787F99" box="[151,426,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">*Neenchelys microtretus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE290EF8FD9B7F98" author="Bamber, R. C." box="[433,585,476,501]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="477 - 485" refId="ref110919" refString="Bamber, R. C. (1915) Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M. A., D. Sc., F. L. S. XXII. The Fishes. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 31 (210), 477 - 485, pl. 46." type="journal article" year="1915">Bamber 1915</bibRefCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0EDBFDE47C75" blockId="27.[151,665,476,645]" box="[151,566,511,536]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0EDBFEE67C75" bold="true" box="[151,308,511,536]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
Gulf of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0EDBFEFD7C75" box="[243,303,511,536]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FEA30D24FEAC7C75" box="[315,382,512,536]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE140EDBFDF87C75" author="Bamber, R. C." box="[396,554,511,536]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="477 - 485" refId="ref110919" refString="Bamber, R. C. (1915) Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M. A., D. Sc., F. L. S. XXII. The Fishes. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 31 (210), 477 - 485, pl. 46." type="journal article" year="1915">Bamber 1915</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0D00FEB07C51" blockId="27.[151,665,476,645]" box="[151,354,548,573]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0D00FE997C50" bold="true" box="[151,331,548,573]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0D00FF1F7C50" box="[151,205,548,573]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0D00FE957C50" box="[243,327,548,573]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0D63FE717C32" blockId="27.[151,665,476,645]" box="[151,419,583,608]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0D63FE5E7C0D" bold="true" box="[151,396,583,608]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0D63FF2A7C0D" box="[151,248,583,608]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0D48FD4B7CE8" blockId="27.[151,665,476,645]" box="[151,665,620,645]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0D48FE477CE8" bold="true" box="[151,405,620,645]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FE040D48FE1D7CE8" box="[412,463,620,645]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FE6D0D48FDF97CE9" box="[501,555,620,644]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
endemic.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0D90FD8C7CA1" blockId="27.[151,1022,692,861]" box="[151,606,692,717]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0D90FD8C7CA1" authority="(D'Ancona 1928)" authorityName="D'Ancona" authorityYear="1928" baseAuthorityName="D'Ancona" baseAuthorityYear="1928" box="[151,606,692,717]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="echeloides">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0D90FE477CA0" box="[151,405,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ophichthus echeloides</emphasis>
(D'Ancona 1928)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0DF3FE997C82" blockId="27.[151,1022,692,861]" box="[151,331,727,752]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0DF3FEE67C9D" bold="true" box="[151,308,727,752]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0DF3FF1F7C9D" box="[151,205,727,752]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0DF3FEFD7C9D" box="[243,303,727,752]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0DD8FC707D79" blockId="27.[151,1022,692,861]" box="[151,930,764,789]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0DD8FE997D78" bold="true" box="[151,331,764,789]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FECA0DD8FE427D78" box="[338,400,764,789]" name="Israel" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE070DD8FD447D79" author="McCosker, J. E. &amp; Baranes, A. &amp; Golani, D." box="[415,662,764,789]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="165 - 170" refId="ref137601" refString="McCosker, J. E., Baranes, A. &amp; Golani, D. (1993) Description of the adult of Leptocephalus echeloides D'Ancona (1928), a deepwater snake eel, genus Ophichthus (Ophichthidae), from the Gulf of Aqaba. Cybium, 17 (2), 165 - 170." type="journal article" year="1993">
McCosker 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FD840DD9FD9E7D78" box="[540,588,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al</emphasis>
. 1993
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FD330DD8FD247D78" box="[683,758,764,789]" name="Jordan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Jordan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FC9C0DD8FC447D79" author="Khalaf, M." box="[772,918,764,789]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="23 - 50" refId="ref131549" refString="Khalaf, M. A (2004) Fish fauna of the Jordanian coast, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. JKAU Marine Science, 15, 23 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.4197 / mar. 15 - 1.2" type="journal article" year="2004">Khalaf 2004</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0C3BFC2C7D55" blockId="27.[151,1022,692,861]" box="[151,1022,799,824]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0C3BFE5E7D55" bold="true" box="[151,396,799,824]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FE0B0C04FE337D5A" box="[403,481,800,823]" name="Yemen" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Yemen</collectingCountry>
(D'Ancona 1928, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FD550C3BFC3F7D55" authorityName="D'Ancona" authorityYear="1928" box="[717,1005,799,824]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Leptocephalus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="echeloides">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FD550C3BFC3F7D55" box="[717,1005,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Leptocephalus echeloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0C60FC307D30" blockId="27.[151,1022,692,861]" box="[151,994,836,861]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0C60FE477D30" bold="true" box="[151,405,836,861]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="BE973CE78E7C4413FE040C60FCE87D31" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028139923" box="[412,826,836,861]" location="northwestern Indian Ocean" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FE040C60FE297D31" box="[412,507,836,861]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
, 
<location id="0B2060618E7C4413FD9F0C60FCE87D31" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:865687AC8E7D4414FF0F0FBCFB2A7865:0B2060618E7C4413FD9F0C60FCE87D31" box="[519,826,836,861]" name="northwestern Indian Ocean" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" stateProvince="Al Bahr al Ahmar">northwestern Indian Ocean</location>
</materialsCitation>
: 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FCDD0C60FCAB7D30" box="[837,889,836,861]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FC050C60FC0C7D30" box="[925,990,836,861]" country="Yemen" name="'Adan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Aden</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0CA8FDA47DC9" blockId="27.[151,1307,908,1112]" box="[151,630,908,933]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0CA8FEB37DC8" baseAuthorityName="Jordan &amp; Snyder" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[151,353,908,933]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erabo">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0CA8FEB37DC8" box="[151,353,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ophichthus erabo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FEF70CA8FE6E7DC8" box="[367,444,908,933]" name="Jordan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Jordan</collectingCountry>
&amp; Snyder 1901)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0C8BFD547DA5" blockId="27.[151,1307,908,1112]" box="[151,646,943,968]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0C8BFED37DA5" bold="true" box="[151,257,943,968]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0C8BFF2E7DA5" box="[151,252,943,968]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE880C94FDA47DA5" author="Dor, M." box="[272,630,943,968]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="7 - 28" refId="ref119659" refString="Dor, M. (1970) Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 44. Nouveaux poissons pour la faune de la mer Rouge. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 54, 7 - 28." type="journal article" year="1970">
Dor 1970, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FE300C8BFDA47DA5" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1935" box="[424,630,943,968]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="retifer">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FE300C8BFDA47DA5" box="[424,630,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ophichthus retifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0CF0FE997D81" blockId="27.[151,1307,908,1112]" box="[151,331,980,1005]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0CF0FEE67D80" bold="true" box="[151,308,980,1005]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0CF0FF1F7D80" box="[151,205,980,1005]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0CF0FEFD7D80" box="[243,303,980,1005]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0CD3FEB07A62" blockId="27.[151,1307,908,1112]" box="[151,354,1015,1040]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0CD3FE997A7D" bold="true" box="[151,331,1015,1040]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0CD3FF1F7A7D" box="[151,205,1015,1040]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0CD3FE957A7D" box="[243,327,1015,1040]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0B38FC407A59" blockId="27.[151,1307,908,1112]" box="[151,914,1052,1077]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0B38FE5E7A58" bold="true" box="[151,396,1052,1077]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FE0B0B39FE047A58" box="[403,470,1053,1077]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE7C0B38FC507A59" author="Debelius, H." box="[484,898,1052,1077]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="1 - 321" refId="ref118959" refString="Debelius, H. (2007) Red Sea reef guide. Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Arabian Peninsula. Richmond, Surrey, Circle, 1 - 321." type="book chapter" year="2007">
Debelius 2007, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FD2D0B38FC507A59" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1935" box="[693,898,1052,1077]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="retifer">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FD2D0B38FC507A59" box="[693,898,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ophichthus retifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0B1BFAC97A3A" blockId="27.[151,1307,908,1112]" box="[151,1307,1087,1112]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0B1BFE477A35" bold="true" box="[151,405,1087,1112]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FD460B1BFCA37A35" box="[734,881,1087,1112]" name="South Africa" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">South Africa</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FCE50B1BFC127A35" box="[893,960,1087,1112]" name="China" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">China</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FC6E0B1BFB9A7A35" box="[1014,1096,1087,1112]" name="Taiwan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
to southern 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FB4B0B64FAC47A3A" box="[1235,1302,1088,1111]" name="Japan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Japan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0BA3FDE87ACD" blockId="27.[151,1286,1159,1328]" box="[151,570,1159,1184]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0BA3FDE87ACD" authority="Palmer 1970" authorityName="Palmer" authorityYear="1970" box="[151,570,1159,1184]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Phaenomonas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cooperae">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0BA3FE777ACD" box="[151,421,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Phaenomonas cooperae</emphasis>
Palmer 1970
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0B88FE997AA9" blockId="27.[151,1286,1159,1328]" box="[151,331,1196,1221]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0B88FEE67AA8" bold="true" box="[151,308,1196,1221]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0B88FF1F7AA8" box="[151,205,1196,1221]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0B88FEFD7AA8" box="[243,303,1196,1221]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0BEBFEB07A8A" blockId="27.[151,1286,1159,1328]" box="[151,354,1231,1256]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0BEBFE997A85" bold="true" box="[151,331,1231,1256]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0BEBFF1F7A85" box="[151,205,1231,1256]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0BEBFE957A85" box="[243,327,1231,1256]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0BD0FD787B60" blockId="27.[151,1286,1159,1328]" box="[151,682,1268,1293]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0BD0FE5E7B60" bold="true" box="[151,396,1268,1293]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FE0B0BD1FE047B60" box="[403,470,1269,1293]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE7C0BD0FD4C7B60" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[484,670,1268,1293]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="361 - 363" refId="ref137529" refString="McCosker, J. E. (1975) The eel genus Phaenomonas (Pisces, Ophichthidae). Pacific Science, 29 (4), 361 - 363." type="journal article" year="1975">McCosker 1975</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0A33FAD47B5D" blockId="27.[151,1286,1159,1328]" box="[151,1286,1303,1328]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0A33FE477B5D" bold="true" box="[151,405,1303,1328]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FE040A33FE297B5D" box="[412,507,1303,1328]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
, Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra east to Hawaiian and 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FBA90A3CFAD07B5D" box="[1073,1282,1303,1328]" country="French Polynesia" name="Iles Marquises" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Marquesas islands</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0A7BFDA27B15" blockId="27.[151,1421,1375,1544]" box="[151,624,1375,1400]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0A7BFDA27B15" authority="Gosline 1951" authorityName="Gosline" authorityYear="1951" box="[151,624,1375,1400]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Phyllophichthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xenodontus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0A7BFE017B15" box="[151,467,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Phyllophichthus xenodontus</emphasis>
Gosline 1951
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0AA0FE997BF1" blockId="27.[151,1421,1375,1544]" box="[151,331,1412,1437]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0AA0FEE67BF0" bold="true" box="[151,308,1412,1437]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0AA0FF1F7BF0" box="[151,205,1412,1437]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0AA0FEFD7BF0" box="[243,303,1412,1437]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0A83FDA57BAD" blockId="27.[151,1421,1375,1544]" box="[151,631,1447,1472]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0A83FE997BAD" bold="true" box="[151,331,1447,1472]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FECA0A8CFE477BAD" box="[338,405,1448,1472]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE3C0A83FDB97BAD" author="Smith, D. G. &amp; Bogorodsky, S. V. &amp; Mal, A. O." box="[420,619,1447,1472]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="301 - 306" refId="ref145649" refString="Smith, D. G., Bogorodsky, S. V. &amp; Mal, A. O. (2015) Records of the eels Kaupichthys atronasus (Chlopsidae), Phyllophichthus xenodontus (Ophichthidae), and Gorgasia preclara (Congridae) from the Red Sea. Cybium, 38 (4), 301 - 306." type="journal article" year="2015">
Smith 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FE770A8DFDF37BAD" box="[495,545,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0AE8FE717B89" blockId="27.[151,1421,1375,1544]" box="[151,419,1484,1509]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0AE8FE5E7B88" bold="true" box="[151,396,1484,1509]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0AE8FF2A7B88" box="[151,248,1484,1509]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0ACBFA5F7865" blockId="27.[151,1421,1375,1544]" box="[151,1421,1519,1544]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0ACBFE477865" bold="true" box="[151,405,1519,1544]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FE040ACBFE297865" box="[412,507,1519,1544]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FBB50AD5FB747865" box="[1069,1190,1521,1544]" country="French Polynesia" name="Iles Marquises" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Marquesas</collectingRegion>
and Society islands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0913FD46783D" blockId="27.[151,1149,1591,1760]" box="[151,660,1591,1616]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F0913FD46783D" authority="(Richardson 1848)" authorityName="Richardson" authorityYear="1848" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1848" box="[151,660,1591,1616]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Pisodonophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cancrivorus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0913FE6E783D" box="[151,444,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Pisodonophis cancrivorus</emphasis>
(Richardson 1848)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0978FE997819" blockId="27.[151,1149,1591,1760]" box="[151,331,1628,1653]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0978FEE67818" bold="true" box="[151,308,1628,1653]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0978FF1F7818" box="[151,205,1628,1653]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0978FEFD7818" box="[243,303,1628,1653]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F095BFC0D78F5" blockId="27.[151,1149,1591,1760]" box="[151,991,1663,1688]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F095BFE9978F5" bold="true" box="[151,331,1663,1688]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FECA095BFE4278F5" box="[338,400,1663,1688]" name="Israel" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE0709A4FD5378F5" author="Dor, M. &amp; Palmer, G." box="[415,641,1663,1688]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="137 - 140" refId="ref119822" refString="Dor, M. &amp; Palmer, G. (1977) New records of two ophichthid eels from the Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 26, 137 - 140." type="journal article" year="1977">Dor &amp; Palmer 1977</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FD0E095BFD3378F5" box="[662,737,1663,1688]" name="Jordan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Jordan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FD77095BFC0178F5" author="Khalaf, M. &amp; Disi, A. M." box="[751,979,1663,1688]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="1 - 252" refId="ref131595" refString="Khalaf, M. A &amp;. Disi, A. M. (1997) Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Publications of the Marine Science Station, Aqaba, 8, 1 - 252." type="journal article" year="1997">Khalaf &amp; Disi 1997</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0980FE7178D1" blockId="27.[151,1149,1591,1760]" box="[151,419,1700,1725]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0980FE5E78D0" bold="true" box="[151,396,1700,1725]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0980FF2A78D0" box="[151,248,1700,1725]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F09E3FBAF788D" blockId="27.[151,1149,1591,1760]" box="[151,1149,1735,1760]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F09E3FE47788D" bold="true" box="[151,405,1735,1760]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FC2B09E3FBAB788D" box="[947,1145,1735,1760]" name="French Polynesia" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">French Polynesia</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F082BFD857945" blockId="27.[151,1312,1807,1977]" box="[151,599,1807,1832]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FF0F082BFD857945" authority="(Bleeker 1857)" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1857" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[151,599,1807,1832]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gymnota">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F082BFE757945" box="[151,423,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Scolecenchelys gymnota</emphasis>
(Bleeker 1857)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0810FE997921" blockId="27.[151,1312,1807,1977]" box="[151,331,1844,1869]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0810FEE67920" bold="true" box="[151,308,1844,1869]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF0F0810FF1F7920" box="[151,205,1844,1869]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0810FEFD7920" box="[243,303,1844,1869]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0873FC5D791D" blockId="27.[151,1312,1807,1977]" box="[151,911,1879,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0873FE99791D" bold="true" box="[151,331,1879,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
Gulf of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7C4413FF6B0873FE95791D" box="[243,327,1879,1904]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FECA0873FE4F791D" box="[338,413,1879,1904]" name="Jordan" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Jordan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE330873FCAC791D" author="Khalaf, M." box="[427,894,1879,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="23 - 50" refId="ref131549" refString="Khalaf, M. A (2004) Fish fauna of the Jordanian coast, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. JKAU Marine Science, 15, 23 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.4197 / mar. 15 - 1.2" type="journal article" year="2004">
Khalaf 2004, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FDFC0873FCAC791D" baseAuthorityName="non Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[612,894,1879,1904]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gymnotus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FDFC0873FCAC791D" box="[612,894,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Muraenichthys gymnotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4413FF0F0858FC2879F9" blockId="27.[151,1312,1807,1977]" box="[151,1018,1916,1941]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0858FE5E79F8" bold="true" box="[151,396,1916,1941]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FE0B0859FE0479F8" box="[403,470,1917,1941]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7C4413FE7C0858FC3879F9" author="Klunzinger, C. B." box="[484,1002,1916,1941]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="441 - 688" refId="ref133987" refString="Klunzinger, C. B. (1871) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 21, 441 - 688." type="journal article" year="1871">
Klunzinger 1871, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7C4413FD570858FC3879F9" baseAuthorityName="non Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[719,1002,1916,1941]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gymnotus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FD570858FC3879F9" box="[719,1002,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Muraenichthys gymnotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7C4414FF0F0884FD827EDD" blockId="27.[151,1312,1807,1977]" lastBlockId="28.[151,1435,151,357]" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="29" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7C4413FF0F0884FE4779D4" bold="true" box="[151,405,1952,1977]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7C4413FBEB0884FB1879D4" box="[1139,1226,1952,1977]" name="Pitcairn" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Pitcairn</collectingCountry>
Group. 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FF0F0FB3FD827EDD" authority="(Whitley 1987)" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Whitley" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[151,592,151,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="iredalei">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0FB3FE4F7EDD" box="[151,413,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Scolecenchelys iredalei</emphasis>
(Whitley 1987)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0F98FD777EB8" blockId="28.[151,1435,151,357]" box="[151,677,188,213]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0F98FEE67EB8" bold="true" box="[151,308,188,213]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
Gulf of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0F98FEFD7EB8" box="[243,303,188,213]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FEA30F99FEAC7EB8" box="[315,382,189,213]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(Hibino &amp; Kimura 2015).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0FFBFDD97F71" blockId="28.[151,1435,151,357]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0FFBFE987E95" bold="true" box="[151,330,223,248]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FEC90FC4FE467E95" box="[337,404,224,248]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE3A0FFBFBF17E95" author="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L." box="[418,1059,223,248]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="933 - 939" refId="ref112178" refString="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L. (1980) Muraenichthys erythraeensis n. sp. de mer Rouge et premiere mention de Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) en mer Rouge (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4, Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 2 (3), 933 - 939." type="journal article" year="1980">
Bauchot &amp; Maugé 1980, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FD450FFBFBF17E95" box="[733,1059,223,248]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FD450FFBFBF17E95" box="[733,1059,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Muraenichthys erythraeensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FBA20FFBFBAA7E95" box="[1082,1144,223,248]" name="Israel" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FB1E0FFBFE297F70" author="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L." pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="933 - 939" refId="ref112178" refString="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L. (1980) Muraenichthys erythraeensis n. sp. de mer Rouge et premiere mention de Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) en mer Rouge (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4, Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 2 (3), 933 - 939." type="journal article" year="1980">
Bauchot &amp; Maugé 1980, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FF2D0E20FE297F70" box="[181,507,260,285]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF2D0E20FE297F70" box="[181,507,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Muraenichthys erythraeensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0E03FE717F52" blockId="28.[151,1435,151,357]" box="[151,419,295,320]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0E03FE5E7F2D" bold="true" box="[151,396,295,320]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0E03FF2A7F2D" box="[151,248,295,320]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0E68FAC17F08" blockId="28.[151,1435,151,357]" box="[151,1299,332,357]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0E68FE477F08" bold="true" box="[151,405,332,357]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FB830E69FB8C7F09" box="[1051,1118,333,356]" name="Japan" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Japan</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FBF00E68FB5D7F08" box="[1128,1167,332,357]" name="Fiji" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fiji</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FB5E0E69FADD7F08" box="[1222,1295,333,357]" name="Tonga" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tonga</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0EB0FDBF7FC1" blockId="28.[151,1355,404,573]" box="[151,621,404,429]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FF0F0EB0FDBF7FC1" authority="(Ogilby 1897)" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1897" baseAuthorityName="Ogilby" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[151,621,404,429]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticaudata">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0EB0FE147FC0" box="[151,454,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Scolecenchelys laticaudata</emphasis>
(Ogilby 1897)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0E93FD777FBD" blockId="28.[151,1355,404,573]" box="[151,677,439,464]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0E93FEE67FBD" bold="true" box="[151,308,439,464]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
Gulf of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0E93FEFD7FBD" box="[243,303,439,464]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FEA30E9CFEAC7FBD" box="[315,382,440,464]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE140E93FD4F7FBD" author="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L." box="[396,669,439,464]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="933 - 939" refId="ref112178" refString="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L. (1980) Muraenichthys erythraeensis n. sp. de mer Rouge et premiere mention de Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) en mer Rouge (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4, Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 2 (3), 933 - 939." type="journal article" year="1980">Bauchot &amp; Maugé 1980</bibRefCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0EF8FBEA7F99" blockId="28.[151,1355,404,573]" box="[151,1080,476,501]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0EF8FE997F98" bold="true" box="[151,331,476,501]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FECA0EF9FE477F98" box="[338,405,477,501]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE3C0EF8FD657F99" author="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L." box="[420,695,476,501]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="933 - 939" refId="ref112178" refString="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L. (1980) Muraenichthys erythraeensis n. sp. de mer Rouge et premiere mention de Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) en mer Rouge (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4, Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 2 (3), 933 - 939." type="journal article" year="1980">Bauchot &amp; Maugé 1980</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FD530EF8FCDB7F98" box="[715,777,476,501]" name="Israel" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FC8F0EF8FBF97F99" author="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L." box="[791,1067,476,501]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="933 - 939" refId="ref112178" refString="Bauchot, M. - L. &amp; Mauge, A. L. (1980) Muraenichthys erythraeensis n. sp. de mer Rouge et premiere mention de Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) en mer Rouge (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4, Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 2 (3), 933 - 939." type="journal article" year="1980">Bauchot &amp; Maugé 1980</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0EDBFD2F7C75" blockId="28.[151,1355,404,573]" box="[151,765,511,536]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0EDBFE5E7C75" bold="true" box="[151,396,511,536]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FE0B0D24FE047C75" box="[403,470,512,536]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(Hibino &amp; Kimura 2015).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0D00FA997C51" blockId="28.[151,1355,404,573]" box="[151,1355,548,573]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0D00FE477C50" bold="true" box="[151,405,548,573]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FC2B0D00FBB57C50" box="[947,1127,548,573]" name="Northern Mariana Islands" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Mariana Islands</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FB050D00FB267C50" box="[1181,1268,548,573]" name="Pitcairn" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Pitcairn</collectingCountry>
Group.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0D48FD5B7CE8" blockId="28.[151,1436,620,861]" box="[151,649,620,645]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FF0F0D48FD5B7CE8" authority="(Bleeker 1864)" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1864" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[151,649,620,645]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Skythrenchelys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrostomus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0D48FE0B7CE9" box="[151,473,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Skythrenchelys macrostomus</emphasis>
(Bleeker 1864)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0DABFE997CCA" blockId="28.[151,1436,620,861]" box="[151,331,655,680]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0DABFEE67CC5" bold="true" box="[151,308,655,680]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0DABFF1F7CC5" box="[151,205,655,680]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0DABFEFD7CC5" box="[243,303,655,680]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0D90FEB07CA1" blockId="28.[151,1436,620,861]" box="[151,354,692,717]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0D90FE997CA0" bold="true" box="[151,331,692,717]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0D90FF1F7CA0" box="[151,205,692,717]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0D90FE957CA0" box="[243,327,692,717]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0DF3FBBC7C9D" blockId="28.[151,1436,620,861]" box="[151,1134,727,752]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0DF3FE5E7C9D" bold="true" box="[151,396,727,752]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0DF3FF2A7C9D" box="[151,248,727,752]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FE0B0DF3FE0B7C9D" box="[403,473,727,752]" name="Sudan" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE7F0DF3FB8F7C9D" author="Castle, P. H. J. &amp; McCosker, J. E." box="[487,1117,727,752]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="113 - 122" refId="ref115206" refString="Castle, P. H. J. &amp; McCosker, J. E. (1999) A new genus and two new species of Myrophine worm-eels, with comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 51 (2 - 3), 113 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.51.1999.1300" type="journal article" year="1999">
Castle &amp; McCosker 1999, as 
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FCAB0DF3FB8F7C9D" box="[819,1117,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Skythrenchelys lentiginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0DD8FB627D79" blockId="28.[151,1436,620,861]" box="[151,1200,764,789]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0DD8FE477D78" bold="true" box="[151,405,764,789]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, western Pacific: eastern 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FC8F0DD8FC567D78" box="[791,900,764,789]" name="Indonesia" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FC230DD8FBEB7D78" box="[955,1081,764,789]" name="Philippines" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Philippines</collectingCountry>
to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FBC50DD8FB7F7D79" box="[1117,1197,764,788]" name="Samoa" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Samoa</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0C3BFE227D31" blockId="28.[151,1436,620,861]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
Remark. 
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<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FE990C3BFDFC7D55" box="[257,558,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Skythrenchelys lentiginosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FDA10C3BFCB27D55" author="Castle, P. H. J. &amp; McCosker, J. E." box="[569,864,799,824]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="113 - 122" refId="ref115206" refString="Castle, P. H. J. &amp; McCosker, J. E. (1999) A new genus and two new species of Myrophine worm-eels, with comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 51 (2 - 3), 113 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.51.1999.1300" type="journal article" year="1999">Castle &amp; McCosker 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior synonym of 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FBE50C04FF0A7D30" authority="(Bleeker 1864)" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1864" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Skythrenchelys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrostomus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FBE50C04FAE37D55" box="[1149,1329,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. macrostomus</emphasis>
(Bleeker 1864)
</taxonomicName>
(see 
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE8B0C60FE367D31" author="Hibino, Y. &amp; McCosker, J. E. &amp; Kimura, S." box="[275,484,836,861]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="227 - 231" refId="ref129801" refString="Hibino, Y., McCosker, J. E. &amp; Kimura, S. (2013) Redescription of a rare worm eel, Muraenichthys macrostomus Bleeker 1864, a senior synonym of Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle and McCosker 1999 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae). Ichthyological Research, 60 (3), 227 - 231. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10228 - 013 - 0337 - z" type="journal article" year="2013">
Hibino 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FEF00C61FE4B7D30" box="[360,409,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">et al</emphasis>
. 2013
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0CA8FC7B7DC8" blockId="28.[151,937,908,1077]" box="[151,937,908,933]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
* 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF3D0CA8FE147DC9" box="[165,454,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suculentophichthys nasus</emphasis>
Fricke, Golani &amp; Appelbaum-Golani 2015
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0C8BFE997DAA" blockId="28.[151,937,908,1077]" box="[151,331,943,968]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0C8BFEE67DA5" bold="true" box="[151,308,943,968]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0C8BFF1F7DA5" box="[151,205,943,968]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0C8BFEFD7DA5" box="[243,303,943,968]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0CF0FD577D80" blockId="28.[151,937,908,1077]" box="[151,645,980,1005]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0CF0FE997D80" bold="true" box="[151,331,980,1005]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FECA0CF0FE427D80" box="[338,400,980,1005]" name="Israel" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE070CF0FDAB7D80" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Golani, D. &amp; Appelbaum-Golani, B." box="[415,633,980,1005]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="56 - 66" refId="ref122854" refString="Fricke, R., Golani, D. Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015 d) Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16, 56 - 66." type="journal article" year="2015">
Fricke 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FE770CF1FDCD7D80" box="[495,543,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">et al</emphasis>
. 2015d
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0CD3FE717A62" blockId="28.[151,937,908,1077]" box="[151,419,1015,1040]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0CD3FE5E7A7D" bold="true" box="[151,396,1015,1040]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0CD3FF2A7A7D" box="[151,248,1015,1040]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0B38FD797A58" blockId="28.[151,937,908,1077]" box="[151,683,1052,1077]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0B38FE477A58" bold="true" box="[151,405,1052,1077]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">General distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FE040B38FE1D7A58" box="[412,463,1052,1077]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FE6D0B38FDEC7A58" box="[501,574,1052,1077]" country="Jordan" name="Al 'Aqabah" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Aqaba</collectingRegion>
endemic.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0B40FDF87A10" blockId="28.[151,1437,1124,1328]" box="[151,554,1124,1149]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FF0F0B40FDF87A10" authority="(Smith 1962)" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1962" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1962" box="[151,554,1124,1149]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Xestochilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nebulosus">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0B40FE5D7A10" box="[151,399,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Xestochilus nebulosus</emphasis>
(Smith 1962)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0BA3FE997AF2" blockId="28.[151,1437,1124,1328]" box="[151,331,1159,1184]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0BA3FEE67ACD" bold="true" box="[151,308,1159,1184]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0BA3FF1F7ACD" box="[151,205,1159,1184]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0BA3FEFD7ACD" box="[243,303,1159,1184]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0B88FD577AA8" blockId="28.[151,1437,1124,1328]" box="[151,645,1196,1221]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0B88FE997AA8" bold="true" box="[151,331,1196,1221]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FECA0B88FE427AA8" box="[338,400,1196,1221]" name="Israel" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE070B88FDAB7AA8" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Golani, D. &amp; Appelbaum-Golani, B." box="[415,633,1196,1221]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="56 - 66" refId="ref122854" refString="Fricke, R., Golani, D. Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015 d) Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16, 56 - 66." type="journal article" year="2015">
Fricke 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FE770B89FDCD7AA8" box="[495,543,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">et al</emphasis>
. 2015d
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0BEBFE717A8A" blockId="28.[151,1437,1124,1328]" box="[151,419,1231,1256]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0BEBFE5E7A85" bold="true" box="[151,396,1231,1256]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0BEBFF2A7A85" box="[151,248,1231,1256]" country="Sudan" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
main basin:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0BD0FDBD7B5D" blockId="28.[151,1437,1124,1328]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0BD0FE477B60" bold="true" box="[151,405,1268,1293]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FC0C0BD0FBCD7B60" box="[916,1055,1268,1293]" name="Madagascar" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
; Andaman Islands; 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FB650BD0FAB87B60" box="[1277,1386,1268,1293]" name="Indonesia" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
east to 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FF2C0A33FF277B5D" box="[180,245,1303,1328]" name="Palau" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Palau</collectingCountry>
, Marshall and Marquesas islands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0A7BFE227B15" blockId="28.[151,1272,1375,1544]" box="[151,496,1375,1400]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FF0F0A7BFE227B15" authority="(Gunther 1870)" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1870" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[151,496,1375,1400]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Yirrkala" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0A7BFEEE7B15" box="[151,316,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Yirrkala tenuis</emphasis>
(Günther 1870)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0AA0FE997BF1" blockId="28.[151,1272,1375,1544]" box="[151,331,1412,1437]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0AA0FEE67BF0" bold="true" box="[151,308,1412,1437]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF0F0AA0FF1F7BF0" box="[151,205,1412,1437]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Gulf" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf</collectingRegion>
of 
<collectingRegion id="CC3BF8588E7B4414FF6B0AA0FEFD7BF0" box="[243,303,1412,1437]" country="Egypt" name="As Suways" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Suez</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
¯
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0A83FB697BAD" blockId="28.[151,1272,1375,1544]" box="[151,1211,1447,1472]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0A83FE997BAD" bold="true" box="[151,331,1447,1472]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gulf of Aqaba:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FECA0A8CFE477BAD" box="[338,405,1448,1472]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE3C0A83FDAE7BAD" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Golani, D. &amp; Appelbaum-Golani, B." box="[420,636,1447,1472]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="56 - 66" refId="ref122854" refString="Fricke, R., Golani, D. Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015 d) Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16, 56 - 66." type="journal article" year="2015">
Fricke 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FE6C0A8DFDF77BAD" box="[500,549,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">et al</emphasis>
. 2015d
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FD080A83FD1C7BAD" box="[656,718,1447,1472]" name="Israel" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FD450A8CFB787BAD" author="Dor, M. &amp; Palmer, G." box="[733,1194,1447,1472]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="137 - 140" refId="ref119822" refString="Dor, M. &amp; Palmer, G. (1977) New records of two ophichthid eels from the Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 26, 137 - 140." type="journal article" year="1977">
Dor &amp; Palmer 1977, as 
<taxonomicName id="C9FF4D398E7B4414FC710A8DFB787BAD" baseAuthorityName="Günther" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[1001,1194,1449,1472]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Pantonora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FC710A8DFB787BAD" box="[1001,1194,1449,1472]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Pantonora tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0AE8FD187B88" blockId="28.[151,1272,1375,1544]" box="[151,714,1484,1509]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0AE8FE5E7B88" bold="true" box="[151,396,1484,1509]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Red Sea main basin:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FE0B0AE9FE047B88" box="[403,470,1485,1509]" name="Egypt" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A6E4B4B8E7B4414FE7C0AE8FD6D7B88" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Golani, D. &amp; Appelbaum-Golani, B." box="[484,703,1484,1509]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="56 - 66" refId="ref122854" refString="Fricke, R., Golani, D. Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015 d) Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16, 56 - 66." type="journal article" year="2015">
Fricke 
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FDAC0AE9FDB47B88" box="[564,614,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">et al</emphasis>
. 2015d
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4036BA8E7B4414FF0F0ACBFB2A7865" blockId="28.[151,1272,1375,1544]" box="[151,1272,1519,1544]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="3C8BEAA88E7B4414FF0F0ACBFE477865" bold="true" box="[151,405,1519,1544]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">General distribution:</emphasis>
Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and 
<collectingCountry id="76E8762A8E7B4414FCE80ACBFBD17865" box="[880,1027,1519,1544]" name="South Africa" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, western Mascarenes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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