PTERELEOTRIDAE, Bleeker, 1874

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 : 164-165

PTERELEOTRIDAE

Nemateleotris exquisita Randall & Connell 2013

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Randall & Shen 2002, as Nemateleotris decora ; Randall & Connell 2013).

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

Remark: Previous Red Sea records of Nemateleotris decora (non Randall & Allen 1973) are based on this species ( Randall & Connell 2013).

Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese 1985

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Hoese 1985), Israel ( Randall & Hoese 1985).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Andaman Sea.

Ptereleotris evides ( Jordan & Hubbs 1925)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Klausewitz 1970a, as Ptereleotris tricolor ), Saudi Arabia ( Randall & Hoese 1985). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Oeno ( Pitcairn Group).

Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker 1855)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Randall & Hoese 1985).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian , Marquesas and Society islands . Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall & Hoese 1985), Eritrea (Clark 1968).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Line islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.

Ptereleotris zebra (Fowler 1938)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Randall & Hoese 1985).

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