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Ptereleotridae Bleeker 1874

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PTERELEOTRIDAE

Nemateleotris exquisita Randall & Connell 2013

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Randall & Shen 2002, as Nemateleotris decora; Randall & Connell 2013).

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

Remark: Previous Red Sea records of Nemateleotris decora (non Randall & Allen 1973) are based on this species (Randall & Connell 2013).

Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese 1985

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Hoese 1985), Israel (Randall & Hoese 1985).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Andaman Sea.

Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs 1925)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Klausewitz 1970a, as Ptereleotris tricolor), Saudi Arabia (Randall & Hoese 1985). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Oeno (Pitcairn Group).

Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker 1855)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Randall & Hoese 1985).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Society islands. Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall & Hoese 1985), Eritrea (Clark 1968).

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

Ptereleotris zebra (Fowler 1938)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Randall & Hoese 1985).

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

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 164-165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/865687AC8EC444ACFF0F0B1DFB217C50

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/2607566 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/7A6FFFD48E674408FF980F24FFD27E6D (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/9D80FE28-D378-4C7D-87D7-380F6B583BC1 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/865687AC8EC444ACFF0F0B1DFB217C50 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/154496219 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/28027/taxon/865687AC8EC444ACFF0F0B1DFB217C50.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Ptereleotridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Bleeker
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Ptereleotridae Bleeker, 1874 sec. Golani & Fricke, 2018

References

  • Randall, J. E. & Connell, A. D. (2013) Nemateleotris exquisita, a new microdesmid fish from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Microdesmidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 8, 18 - 29.
  • Randall, J. E. & Shen, D. C. (2002) First records of the gobioid fishes Gunnellichthys monostigma and Nemateleotris decora from the Red Sea. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 19, 491 - 495.
  • Randall, J. E. & Springer, V. G. (1973) The monotypic Indo-Pacific labrid fish genera Labrichthys and Diproctacanthus with description of a new related genus, Larabicus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86 (23), 279 - 297.
  • Randall, J. E. & Hoese, D. F. (1985) Revision of the Indo-Pacific dartfishes, genus Ptereleotris (Perciformes: Gobioidei). Indo- Pacific Fishes, 7, 1 - 36, pls. 1 - 4.
  • Khalaf, M. A &. Disi, A. M. (1997) Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Publications of the Marine Science Station, Aqaba, 8, 1 - 252.
  • Klausewitz, W. (1970 a) Biogeographische und osteologische Untersuchungen an Ptereleotris tricolor (Pisces: Eleotridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 51 (1 / 2), 67 - 71.