CAESIONIDAE, Bonaparte, 1831

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 : 93-94

CAESIONIDAE

Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Caesio caerulaureus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Carpenter 1987), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Caesio caerulaureus ); Jordan (Bouchon et al., as Caesio coerulaureus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Caesio coerulaureus ), Sudan ( Debelius 2007), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Caesio coerulaureus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Caesio azuraureus ).

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

Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870), Sudan ( Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838; Carpenter 1987), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Fiji.

Caesio striata Rüppell 1830

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Carpenter 1987), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Caesio striatus ), Sudan ( Carpenter 1987), Ethiopia ( Carpenter 1987), Saudi Arabia ( Carpenter 1987).

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

* Caesio suevica Klunzinger 1884

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Carpenter 1987), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Caesio suevicus ), Sudan ( Carpenter 1987).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Caesio varilineata Carpenter 1987

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), Sudan ( Krupp 1990).

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

Caesio xanthonota Bleeker 1853

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

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

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

Dipterygonotus balteatus (Valenciennes, 1830)

General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Solomon Islands.

Remark: This species has not been recorded from the Red Sea but was recorded from the Mediterranean ( Bariche & Fricke, 2018). Since its wide Indo-Pacific distribution including the Gulf of Aden, it is evidently occurring in the Red Sea.

Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), Sudan ( Carpenter 1987), Saudi Arabia ( Carpenter 1987).

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

Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier 1830)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Carpenter 1987), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), Yemen ( Kotthaus 1975).

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