SYNGNATHIDAE

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 : 48-52

SYNGNATHIDAE

Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Duncker 1915).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010 as Acantronura tentaculata ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940).

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

Bryx analicarens ( Duncker 1915)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Dawson 1981a).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles and Madagascar to Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.

Choeroichthys valencienni Kaup 1856

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1976, as Choeroichthys brachysoma ), Israel ( Dawson 1976, as Choeroichthys brachysoma ).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Dawson 1976, as Choeroichthys brachysoma ), Saudi Arabia ( Lieske & Myers 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Amirantes, Madagascar and western Mascarenes.

Remark: previous records of Choeroichthys brachysoma (non Bleeker 1855) are based on this species (see Kuiter 2009).

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dawson 1977a).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1977a), Jordan ( Paulus 1991).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Syngnathus flavofasciatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Corythoichthys fasciatus ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Syngnathus flavofasciatus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Syngnathus flavofasciatus ).

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

Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald 1953

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1977a), Jordan ( Paulus 1991).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Dawson 1977a).

General distribution: Red Sea; western Pacific: Eastern Indonesia east to Marshall and Society islands.

Remark: The Red Sea population possibly represents an undescribed, endemic species (see Kuiter 2009: 205, Corythoichthys sp. 12).

Corythoichthys schultzi Herald 1953

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani 1999; El-Ganainy et al 2005).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1977a), Jordan ( Paulus 1991).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan ( Dawson 1977a), Eritrea ( Dawson 1977a).

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

Cosmocampus banneri (Herald & Randall 1972)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ( Dawson 1985).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Cosmocampus maxweberi (Whitley 1933)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ( Dawson 1980).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa.

Doryrhamphus abbreviatus Dawson 1981

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dawson 1981b, as Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Dawson 1981b, as Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Doryrhamphus excisus ), Eritrea ( Kaup 1856, as Doryrhamphus excisus ), Saudi Arabia ( Dawson 1981b, as Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus ).

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

Dunckerocampus boylei Kuiter 1998

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dor 1970, as Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Acanthognathus dactyliophorus ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus ).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Lieske & Myers 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Amirantes and Mauritius east to Indonesia.

Dunckerocampus multiannulatus (Regan 1903)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1985), Israel ( Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Dunckerocampus ben-tuviae ), Jordan ( Debelius 2007).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Lieske & Myers 2010).

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

Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud 1929)

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ( Dawson 1985).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Halicampus grayi Kaup 1856

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Southern Red Sea main basin: ( Kuiter 2009).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden east to southern Japan and Philippines.

Halicampus macrorhynchus Bamber 1915

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Bamber 1915).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Tortonese 1968, as Phanerotokeus macrorhynchus ; Dawson 1985).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940, as Phanerotokeus gohari ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915).

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

Halicampus mataafae ( Jordan & Seale 1906)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Dawson 1985); Eritrea ( Dawson 1985).

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

Hippichthys cyanospilus (Bleeker 1854)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dollfus & Petit 1938, as Syngnathus cyanospilus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Dawson 1978).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940, as Syngnathus cyanospilus ), Eritrea ( Dawson 1978), Yemen ( Dollfus & Petit 1938, as Syngnathus cyanospilus ).

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

Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1838, as Syngnathus spicifer ).

Gulf of Aqaba:

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Syngnathus spicifer and S. tapeinosoma ), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895, as Syngnathus tapeinosoma ).

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

* Hippocampus debelius Gomon & Kuiter 2009

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007, as Hippocampus lichtensteinii ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Gomon & Kuiter 2009).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.

* Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Duméril 1870).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Hippocampus kuda ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Hippocampus kuda ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Golani & Fine 2002).

Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger 1900

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Hippocampus aff. jayakari ; Golani & Lerner 2007), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Hippocampus histrix ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940, as Hippocampus histrix ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Hippocampus histrix ), Saudi Arabia ( Debelius 2007).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East African east to Maldives.

Hippocampus suezensis Duncker 1940

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Duncker 1940).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman east to Pakistan.

Kyonemichthys rumengani Gomon 2007

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Bogorodsky et al. 2011a).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan to eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

* Lissocampus bannwarthi ( Duncker 1915)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Duncker 1915, as Ichthyocampus bannwarthi ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1977b), Israel (Fishelson 1995).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940, as Ichthyocampus bannwarthi ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker 1858)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dawson 1982; Golani 1999).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1982), Israel ( Dawson 1982).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea ( Dawson 1982), Saudi Arabia ( Dawson 1982). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Mariana and Society islands.

Micrognathus brevirostris (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Norman 1927).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1982, as Micrognathus brevirostris brevirostris ), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Syngnathus brevirostris ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Syngnathus brevirostris ).

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

Phoxocampus belcheri ( Kaup 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dawson 1977c).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1915, as Ichthyocampus belcheri ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines, Fiji and Tonga. Siokunichthys bentuviai Clark 1966

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dawson 1983).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Clark 1966; Dawson 1983).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden east to Indonesia.

Siokunichthys herrei Herald 1953

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Clark 1966; Dawson 1983).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines.

Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch 1785)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dollfus & Petit 1938).

Gulf of Aqaba: ( Dawson 1985).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gastrotokeus biaculeatus ).

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

* Syngnathus macrophthalmus Duncker 1915

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Duncker 1915).

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Paulus 1992).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Syngnathus safina Paulus 1992

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Paulus 1992).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker 1857)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Dollfus & Petit 1938, as Yozia bicoarctata erythraeensis ; Dawson 1984).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Dawson 1984), Israel ( Tortonese 1968, as Yozia bicoarctata ; Dawson 1984), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Duncker 1940, as Yozia bicoarctata ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and New Guinea.

Trachyrhamphus longirostris Kaup 1856

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Dawson 1984).

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