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Apogonidae

Description

APOGONIDAE

Apogon campbelli Smith 1949

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa.

Apogon coccineus Rüppell 1838

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Golani & Lerner 2007), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.

Apogon erythrosoma Gon & Randall 2003

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Maldives.

Apogon semiornatus Peters 1876

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 1994c).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Tonga.

Apogon talboti Smith 1961

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Society Islands.

* Apogonichthyoides heptastygma (Cuvier 1828)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007, as Apogon heptastygma).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon heptastygma), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon heptastygma), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Apogon enneastigma; Fraser & Allen 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti 1874)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bellotti 1874, as Apogon pharaonis; Sauvage 1883, as Apogon suezii).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ¯

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Gon & Randall 2003a).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to India.

Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus (Gon 1986)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon pseudotaeniatus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon pseudotaeniatus), Israel (Gon 1986, as Apogon pseudotaeniatus), Jordan (Khalaf & Zajonz 2007, as Apogon pseudotaeniatus).

Red Sea main basin: -

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to Pakistan.

Apogonichthyoides taeniatus (Cuvier 1828)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Norman 1927, as Apogon thurstoni).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon taeniatus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Apogon bifasciatus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Apogon bifasciatus; Budker & Fourmanoir 1954, as Apogon taeniatus), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon taeniatus), Eritrea (Ehrenberg in Rüppell 1829, as Apogon täniatus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Apogon bifasciatus and A. taeniatus).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf to Madagascar.

Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon timorensis), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon timorensis).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon timorensis), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon timorensis).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Solomon Islands.

Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker 1854

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Apogon infuscus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Rapa.

Cercamia eremia (Allen 1987)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Christmas Island, northwestern Australia; southern Japan; Queensland (Australia) east to Tonga, Wallis and Futuna.

Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin [ex Forsskål] 1789)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Tortonese 1968, as Cheilodipterus lineatus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Cheilodipterus lineatus; Abel 1960), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Cheilodipterus lineatus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Cheilodipterus lineatus), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Perca lineata; see Fricke 2008).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Pakistan.

* Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz 1959

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon 1993), Israel (Gon 1993), Jordan (Gon 1993).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1959b), Sudan (Gon 1993), Eritrea (Gon 1993), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Chilodipterus octovittatus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Cheilodipterus octovittatus), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Chilodipterus macrodon; Gon 1993), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group.

Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon 1993), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lachner 1955, as Paramia bipunctata; Abel 1960), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Apogon novemstriatus), Saudi Arabia (Gon 1993).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean (see Goren et al. 2010b; Rothman et al. 2013).

Cheilodipterus pygmaios Gon 1993

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon 1993), Israel (Golani & Lerner 2007).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Gon 1993), Eritrea (Gon 1993), Saudi Arabia (Gon 1993).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Chilodipterus quinquelineatus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Botros 1971), Sudan (Gon 1993), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968, as Paramia quinquelineata), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève 1956).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group.

Foa fo Jordan & Seale 1905

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a), Jordan (Khalaf & Krupp 2003, as Foa brachygramma).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Budker & Fourmanoir 1954, as Apogon zuluensis).

Remark: Red Sea records of Foa brachygramma (non Jenkins 1903) are based on this species (see Fraser & Randall 2011).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Society Islands.

Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes 1831)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Day 1875, as Apogon auritus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Klausewitz 1959b, as Apogonichthys auritus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Karplus 1980), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Apogon auritus), Eritrea (Day 1875, as Apogon auritus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Gambier Islands.

Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Bogorodsky 2010).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Bogorodsky 2010), Sudan (Gon & Bogorodsky 2010), Eritrea (Goren & Karplus 1980), Saudi Arabia (Gon & Bogorodsky 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Pacific: Indonesia east to southern Japan and Rapa.

Fowleria marmorata (Alleyne & Macleay 1877)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren & Karplus 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Saudi Arabia (Isari et al. 2017).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands.

Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan & Seale 1906)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Goren & Karplus 1980, as Fowleria abocellata).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Marshall, Line and Society islands.

Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren & Karplus 1980; Golani 1999).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren & Karplus 1980), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Bogorodsky 2010), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Apogon variegatus), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Apogon punctulatus; Gon & Randall 2003a; Gon & Bogorodsky 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines, Tonga and Samoa.

* Gymnapogon melanogaster Gon & Golani 2002

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Gon & Golani 2002).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Jaydia novaeguineae (Valenciennes 1832)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea.

Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist 1903)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon queketti).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon queketti).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western India.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean (see Eryilmaz and Dalayan 2006, as Apogon queketti).

Jaydia smithi Kotthaus 1970

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Fourmanoir 1967, as Jaydia hungi).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon smithi).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon smithi), Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon smithi).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman east to Philippines and Marshall Islands. Remark. Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean Sea (see Golani et al. 2008, as Apogon smithi).

Lepidamia multitaeniata (Cuvier 1828)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon multitaeniatus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Apogon multitaeniatus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Apogon multitaeniatus), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe 1912

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a), Eritrea (Klunzinger 1884, as Apogon sphenurus; Gon & Randall 2003a).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Yaeyama Islands and northern Australia.

Nectamia annularis Rüppell 1829

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1829, as Apogon annularis).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon annularis), Jordan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon annularis; Fraser 2008).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, Apogon annularis), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Apogon annularis), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Apogon annularis), Saudi Arabia (Lachner 1951, as Apogon erdmani), Yemen (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon annularis).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Apogon bandanensis), Egypt (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon guamensis).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon guamensis), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Apogon bandanensis), Eritrea (Smith 1965b, as Ostorhynchus spongicolus), Saudi Arabia (Lachner 1951, as Apogon nubilus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Comoros and Madagascar east to Ryukyu Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) and Samoa.

Remark: Red Sea records of Apogon guamensis Valenciennes 1832 are based on this species (Fraser 2008).

Nectamia zebrina (Fraser, Randall & Lachner 1999)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus), Israel (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus), Jordan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon zebrinus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus), Sudan (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus), Eritrea (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus), Saudi Arabia (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus), Yemen (Fraser et al. 1999, as Apogon zebrinus).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Ostorhinchus apogonoides (Bleeker 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon apogonides).

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Isari et al. 2017, as Ostorhinchus apogonoides).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines and Marquesas Islands.

Ostorhinchus bryx (Fraser 1998)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon bryx).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines.

Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay 1881)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani, 1999 as Apogon cookii).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Lachner 1986, as Apogon cookii), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon cookii), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon cookii).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines.

Ostorhinchus cyanosoma (Bleeker 1853)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon cyanosoma), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Apogon cyanosoma), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Apogon cyanosoma).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Apogon cyanosoma), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon cyanosoma), Eritrea (Botros 1971, as Apogon chrysotaenia), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as Apogon chrysotaenia).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Fiji and Tonga.

Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White 1790)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon quadrifasciatus; El-Ganainy et al 2005, as Apogon fasciatus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon quadrifasciatus), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Apogon novemfasciatus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Apogon fasciatus), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Apogon fasciatus), Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon quadrifasciatus; Fraser 2005, as Apogon fasciatus), Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen (Kotthaus 1970, as Ostorhinchus quadrifasciatus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean Sea (Goren et al. 2009).

Ostorhinchus fleurieu Lacepède 1802

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Apogon aureus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon fleurieu), Israel (Randall et al. 1990, as Apogon fleurieu), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Apogon aureus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Apogon fleurieu), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Apogon aureus), Eritrea (Botros 1971, as Apogon aureus), Saudi Arabia (Botros 1971, as Apogon aureus), Yemen (Kothaus 1970).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea.

Ostorhinchus gularis (Fraser & Lachner 1984)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Fraser & Lachner 1984, as Apogon gularis).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines.

Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus (Lachner 1953)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon nigrofasciatus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Lachner 1986, as Apogon nigrofasciatus), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon nigrofasciatus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Apogon cf. nigrofasciatus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Apogon angustatus), Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon nigrofasciatus), Saudi Arabia (Randall & Lachner 1986, as Apogon nigrofasciatus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.

* Ostorhinchus pselion (Randall, Fraser & Lachner 1990)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Randall et al. 1990, as Apogon pselion).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall et al. 1990, as Apogon pselion), Israel (Randall et al. 1990, as Apogon pselion). Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon pselion).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Ostorhinchus spilurus (Regan 1905)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon spilurus), Yemen (Kotthaus 1970, as Ostorhynchus micromaculatus).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia, Pakistan.

Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks 1906)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fraser & Lachner 1985, as Apogon exostigma), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Apogon exostigma).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fraser & Lachner 1985, Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon exostigma), Sudan (Fraser & Lachner 1985, Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon exostigma), Eritrea (Fraser & Lachner 1985, Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon exostigma), Saudi Arabia (Fraser & Lachner 1985, as Apogon exostigma).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman east to Marshall and Gambier Islands.

Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes 1832)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fraser & Lachner 1985, Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon fraenatus), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Apogon frenatus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, Apogon frenatus), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968, as Pristiapogon frenatus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line and Gambier islands.

Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fraser & Lachner 1985, Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon kallopterus), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon kallopterus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Apogon kallopterus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fraser & Lachner 1985, as Apogon kallopterus), Debelius 2007, as Apogon urostigma), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1982, as Apogon kallopterus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.

Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith 1954

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall et al. 1985).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Society Islands.

*Pseudoamiops springeri Gon & Bogorodsky 2013

Gulf of Suez:

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Bogorodsky 2013).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon & Bogorodsky 2013), Saudi Arabia (Gon & Bogorodsky 2013).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Rhabdamia nigrimentum (Smith 1961)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a), Eritrea (Smith 1961, as Bentuviaichthys nigrimentum), Saudi Arabia (Gon & Randall 2003a), Yemen (Kotthaus 1970, as Bentuviaichthys nigrimentum).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Rhabdamia spilota Allen & Kuiter 1994

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, Yoshida & Motomura 2018), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea east to southern Japan, Philippines and New Caledonia.

* Siphamia goreni Gon & Allen 2012

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Gon & Allen 2012), Saudi Arabia (Gon & Allen 2012).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea endemic.

Siphamia tubifer Weber 1909

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Steindachner 1902, as Beanea trivittata).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Siphamia permutata; Gon & Allen 2012), Israel (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Siphamia permutata), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Siphamia permutata).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1966, as Siphamia permutata; Gon & Allen 2012), Saudi Arabia (Gon & Allen 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Vanuatu.

Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier 1828)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Caroline Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Fiji and Tonga.

* Taeniamia bilineata Gon & Randall 1995

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 1995, as Archamia bilineata), Israel (Golani & Lerner 2007, as Archamia lineolata).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gon et al. 2013, as Archamia bilineata), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Archamia bilineata), Eritrea (Botros 1971, as Apogon lineolatus), Yemen (Gon et al. 2013, as Archamia bilineata).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Taeniamia fucata (Cantor 1849)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gon & Randall 1995, as Archamia irida; Golani, 1999 as Archamia fucata).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Archamia fucata), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Archamia fucata).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Archamia fucata), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Archamia fucata).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga.

Remark: Red Sea and western Indian Ocean populations may be referable to Taeniamia sansibaricus (Pfeffer 1893) (see Mabuchi et al. 2014).

Taeniamia lineolata (Cuvier 1828)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1964, as Archamia lineolata), Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Archamia lineolata), Eritrea (Rüppell 1829, as Apogon lineolatus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Archamia lineolata). General distribution: Red, Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Verulux cypselurus (Weber 1909)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 1994c as Rhabdamia cypselura, Yoshida & Motomura 2016), Eritrea (Gon & Randall 2003a as Rhabdamia cypselura), Saudi Arabia (Randall 1994c as Rhabdamia cypselura, Yoshida & Motomura 2016), Yemen (Yoshida & Motomura 2016).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands, Fiji and Tonga.

Zapogon isus (Randall & Böhlke 1981)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Böhlke 1981, as Apogon isus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Apogon isus).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall & Böhlke 1981, as Apogon isus), Saudi Arabia (Randall & Böhlke 1981, as Apogon isus).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.

Zoramia leptacanthus (Bleeker 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon leptacanthus), Saudi Arabia (Gon & Randall 2003a, as Apogon leptacanthus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa.

Notes

Published as part of Golani, Daniel & Fricke, Ronald, 2018, Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants, pp. 1-215 in Zootaxa 4509 (1) on pages 71-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566

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Family
Apogonidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
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family

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