SCARIDAE, Rafinesque, 1810

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, Zootaxa 4509 (1), pp. 1-215 : 131-133

SCARIDAE

Bolbometopon muricatum ( Valenciennes 1840)

Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al. 2017).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), Eritrea ( Baschieri-Salvadori 1954b, as Scarus muricatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983, as Bolbometopon muricatus ).

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

* Calotomus viridescens ( Rüppell 1835)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Bruce & Randall 1985), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Cryptotomus spinidens ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Callyodon viridescens ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Callyodon viridescens ), Eritrea ( Bruce & Randall 1985), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1835, as Scarus viridescens ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Cetoscarus bicolor ( Rüppell 1829)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel (Golani, 1997), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus pulchellus and P. pulchellus var. bicolor ) Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Scarus bicolor ).

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

Chlorurus genazonatus ( Randall & Bruce 1983)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus ), Israel ( Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Scarus genazonatus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan ( Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus ).

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

* Chlorurus gibbus ( Rüppell 1829)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Scarus gibbus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus gibbus ), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Scarus gibbus ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus mentalis ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Scarus erythrodon ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus sordidus ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Callyodon erythrodon ; Edwards & Rosewell 1981, as Scarus sordidus ), Eritrea ( Tortonese 1947a, as Scarus sordidus ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Callyodon erythrodon ; Tortonese 1983, as Scarus sordidus ).

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

Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Pseudoscarus harid ). Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Rüppell 1829, as Scarus mastax ; Martens 1867, as Scarus harid ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Pseudoscarus harid ), Eritrea ( Ben-Tuvia 1968, Clark et al. 1968), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Scarus mastax ; Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus cyanurus ; Roux-Estève 1956, as Callyodon harid ).

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

Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Jordan (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus rubronotatus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Bruce & Randall 1985), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1835, as Scarus coeruleo-punctatus ; Tortonese 1983).

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

* Scarus collana Rüppell 1835

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus forskalii var. collana ; Bebars 1978 as Scarus ghardaqensis ), Sudan ( Randall & Bruce 1983), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1835).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Ormond 1978), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus coerulescens ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981; Randall & Bruce 1983), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber, as Pseudoscarus augustinus ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève 1956, as Callyodon dubius ; Randall & Bruce 1983).

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

Scarus frenatus Lacepède 1802

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus sexvittatus ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981; Randall & Bruce 1983), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1835, as Scarus sexvittatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Ducie ( Pitcairn Group).

Scarus fuscopurpureus ( Klunzinger 1871)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Bruce 1983), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus forskalii var. fuscopurpureus ), Sudan ( Randall & Bruce 1983); Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estèce & Fourmanoir 1955, as Callyodon oktodon ).

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

Scarus ghobban Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Pseudoscarus ghobban ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Randall & Bruce 1983), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus ghoban ), Sudan ( Borodin 1930, as Pseudoscarus ghobban ), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Remark. Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean ( Goren & Aronov 2002).

Scarus niger Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Pseudoscarus niger ).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus niger ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Pseudoscarus niger ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Pseudoscarus niger ), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1835).

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

Scarus psittacus Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Ormond 1978), Israel ( Randall & Bruce 1983), Jordan ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Callyodon forskalii ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus forskalii ), Sudan ( Randall & Ormond 1978), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935, as Callyodon psittacus ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus hertit ).

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

Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847

Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al. 2017).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

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

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama.

Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus pectoralis ).

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

Scarus viridifucatus (Smith 1956)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

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

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Bali.