APOGONIDAE

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 : 71-79

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.