HOLOCENTRIDAE

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 : 45-47

HOLOCENTRIDAE

Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1903

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf et al. 1996).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Comoros and east to Hawaiian and Society islands.

Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani 1999).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Martens 1867), Sudan ( Botros 1971), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena murdjan ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Myripristis xanthacra Randall & Guézé 1981

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall & Guézé 1981), Eritrea ( Randall & Guézé 1981).

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

Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum sammara ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a, as Holocentrum christianum ; Martens 1867, as Holocentrus samara ; Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum samara and Holocentrum platyrrhinum ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum sammara ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Holocentrum sammara ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena sammara ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan ( Khalaf & Zajonz 2007).

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1986).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman east to Indonesia and northern Australia.

* Ostichthys sufensis Golani 1984

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Golani 1984a, as Ostichthys hypsipterygion sufensis ), Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan ( Ajiad 1987a, as Ostichthys hypsipterygion sufensis ).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani 1999).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall 1998), Israel ( Randall 1998), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum caudimaculatum ), Sudan ( Randall 1998), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as Holocentrus caudimaculatus ).

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

Sargocentron diadema (Lacepède 1802)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Randall 1998).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Heemstra 1985), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Holocenthrus diadema ), Jordan ( Bouchon et al. 1981, as Adioryx diadema ; Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum diadema ), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Holocentrus diadema ).

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

Sargocentron ittodai ( Jordan & Fowler 1902)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ( Randall & Heemstra 1985, Randall 1998).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Seychelles east to southern Japan and Marquesas Islands.

Sargocentron macrosquamis Golani 1984

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall 1998).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Golani 1984).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago.

Sargocentron marisrubri Randall, Golani & Diamant 1989

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Randall et al. 1989), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall et al. 1989).

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

Remark: Red Sea records of Sargocentron melanospilus (non Bleeker 1858) are based on this species (see Randall et al. 1989).

Sargocentron punctatissimum (Cuvier 1829)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani, 1999).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Holocentrum lacteoguttatum ; Randall 1998), Israel ( Randall & Heemstra 1985).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Sargocentron lacteoguttatum ; Randall 1998), Sudan ( Randall 1998), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Holocentrum lacteo-guttatum ).

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

Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Holocentrum rubrum ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Holocenthrus ruber ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum rubrum ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Holocentrus ruber ), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895, as Holocentrum rubrum ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983, as Adioryx ruber ), Yemen ( Randall 1998).

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

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966, as Holocentrum rubrum ).

Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Randall 1998).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall 1998), Jordan ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Holocentrum spiniferum ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a, as Holocentrum spiniferum ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Holocentrum spiniferum ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena spinifera ; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.