SYNODONTIDAE

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 : 34-35

SYNODONTIDAE

* Harpadon erythraeus Klausewitz 1983

Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al. 2017, as Harpadon nehereus ).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Klausewitz 1983b), Saudi Arabia ( Klausewitz 1983b).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Saurida golanii Russell 2011

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993 as Saurida tumbil ; Russell 2011), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Saurida tumbil ).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Chabanaud 1934, as Saurida gracilis ; Dollfus in Gruvel 1936, as Saurida sinaitica ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf & Kochzius 2002, as Saurida gracilis ).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Fowler 1931).

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

* Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski 2015

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Demidov & Viskrebentsev 1970, as Saurida undosquamis ; Russell et al. 2015).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Russell et al. 2015), Israel ( Russell et al. 2015), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Saurida undosquamis ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Saurida nebulosa ), Eritrea ( Russell et al. 2015), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b, as Saurida sp.), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998, as Saurida undosquamis ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Remarks: Previous records of Saurida undosquamis (non Richardson 1848) and S. macrolepis (non Tanaka 1917) from the Gulf of Suez are based on this species ( Russell et al. 2015). Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966, as Saurida undosquamis ; Russell et al. 2015).

Saurida longimanus Norman 1939

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Goren & Spanier 1985, as Saurida undosquamis ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen ( Kotthaus 1967, as Saurida undosquamis ).

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

Saurida tumbil (Bloch 1795)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1837, as Saurus badimottah; Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850, as Saurida tombil ; Russell et al. 2015).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Saurida tumbil ), Saudi

Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as Saurida tumbil ).

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

Synodus dermatogenys Fowler 1912

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Synodus variegatus ), Israel ( Tortonese 1968, as Synodus variegatus ), Jordan ( Bouchon et al. 1981, as Synodus variegatus ; Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Synodus variegatus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Saurus varius ), Sudan ( Debelius 2007), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983, as Synodus vaiegatus ), Sudan ( Krupp 1990, as Synodus variegatus ).

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

Synodus hoshinonis Tanaka 1917

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Cressey 1981).

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

Synodus indicus (Day 1873)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Bayoumi 1972).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Kotthaus 1967, as Synodus dietrichi ; Cressey 1981), Yemen ( Kotthaus 1967, as Synodus dietrichi ).

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

Synodus randalli Cressey 1981

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993, as Synodus doaki ; Randall 2009), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Synodus doaki ).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Cressey 1981).

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

Synodus variegatus (Lacepède 1803)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( El-Ganainy et al 2005).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Cressey 1981, as Synodus englemani ), Israel ( Cressey 1981, as Synodus englemani ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Synodus englemani ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as S. erythraeus ).

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

Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Bayoumi 1972, as Trachinocephalus myops ; Polanco Fernandez et al. 2016).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Polanco Fernandez et al. 2016), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Trachinocephalus myops ; Polanco Fernandez et al. 2016), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Trachinocephalus myops ).

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b, as Trachinocephalus myops ).

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

Remark: Red Sea records of Trachinocephalus myops (non Forster in Bloch & Schneider 1801) are based on this species (see Polanco Fernandez et al. 2016).