BOTHIDAE

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 : 172-174

BOTHIDAE

Arnoglossus arabicus Norman 1939

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Fricke et al. 2017d).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to southern Oman.

Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock 1889

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Fricke et al. 2017d), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Arnoglossus tapeinosoma ).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Dor 1970, as Arnoglossus tapeinosoma ; Fricke et al. 2017d), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen ( Kotthaus 1977c, as Arnoglossus tapeinosoma ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to Japan, Philippines and New Guinea.

* Arnoglossus marisrubri Klausewitz & Schneider 1986

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

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

General distribution: Red sea endemic.

Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker 1865)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Chabanaud 1948).

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Debelius 2007, as Asterhombus intermedius ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Arnoglossus intermedius ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Madagascar east to southern Japan and Tonga.

Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Bayoumi 1972).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Rhomboidichthys pantherinus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Platophrys pantherinus ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Rhomboidichthys pantherinus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Rhombus pantherinus ).

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

Bothus tricirrhitus Kotthaus 1977

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Kotthaus 1977c).

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

Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel 1846)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( El-Ganainy et al 2005, as Engyprodopon grandisquamis).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Scaeops poecilura ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Japan, Philippines and New Caledonia.

Engyprosopon hureaui Quèro & Golani 1990

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Quèro & Golani 1990).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Chabanaud 1943, as Engyprosopon maldivensis ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives; Ryukyu Islands; Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs ( New Caledonia).

Engyprosopon latifrons (Regan 1908)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan 1908)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Hensley &Randall 1990).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Saint Brandon's Shoals east to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia.

* Laeops sinusarabici Chabanaud 1968

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Chabanaud 1968).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Dor 1970, as Laeops kitharae ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

*Parabothus budkeri ( Chabanaud 1943)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Chabanaud 1943, as Bothus budkeri ).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.