POMACENTRIDAE

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 : 112-113

POMACENTRIDAE

Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Allen & Randall 1981), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Glyphidodon coelestinus ; Tortonese 1935, as Glyphisodon sexfasciatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955).

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

Remark: A single specimen was photographed in Greece, Mediterranean Sea, probably an aquarium release (see Giovos et al., in press).

Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830, as Glyphisodon sordidus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Allen & Randall 1981), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Abudefduf sordidus ), Jordan ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Abudefduf sordidus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Glyphidodon sordidus ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Chaetodon sordidus ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Glyphisodon saxatilis ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Allen & Randall 1981), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Abudefduf saxatilis ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Glyphidodon saxatilis ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Glyphidodon sexatilis ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Glyphidodon saxatilis ), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Glyphisodon saxatilis ; Allen & Randall 1981).

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

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the eastern Mediterranean Sea (see Goren and Galil 1998).

Amblyglyphidodon flavilatus Allen & Randall 1981

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Allen & Randall 1981), Israel ( Allen & Randall 1981), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan ( Allen & Randall 1981), Eritrea ( Allen & Randall 1981).

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

Amblyglyphidodon indicus Allen & Randall 2002

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Allen & Randall 1981, as Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster ; Allen & Randall 2002), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Abudefduf leucogaster ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Glyphidodon leucogaster ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Glyphidodon leucogaster ), Eritrea ( Baschieri-Salvadori 1955, as Abudefduf leucogaster ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Abudefduf leucogaster ; Allen & Randall 2002).

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

Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell 1830

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1830).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871), Sudan ( Krupp 1990), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean : Chagos Archipelago .

* Chromis dimidiata ( Klunzinger 1871)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & DiBattista 2013), Israel ( Allen & Randall 1981), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Heliastes dimidiatus ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981; Randall & DiBattista 2013), Eritrea ( Baschieri-Salvadori 1955, as Chromis dimidiatus ), Saudi Arabia (Roux- Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Chromis dimidiatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Remark: Previous Western Indian Ocean records of Chromis dimidiata (non Klunzinger 1871) are based on Chromis fieldi Randall & DiBattista 2013 (see Randall & DiBattista 2013).

Chromis flavaxilla Randall 1994