OPHIDIIDAE, Rafinesque, 1810

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 : 39

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OPHIDIIDAE View in CoL View at ENA

Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel 1846

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871).

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

Neobythites stefanovi Nielsen & Uiblein 1993 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Nielsen & Uiblein 1993), Saudi Arabia ( Nielsen & Uiblein 1993).

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

Ophidion smithi (Fowler 1934)

Red Sea: (Nielsen & Cohen in Smith & Heemstra 1986) .

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Sirembo jerdoni (Day 1888)

Red Sea: ( Cohen & Nielsen 1978, Cohen in Dor 1984).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

References

Baranes, A. & Golani, D. (1993) An annotated list of deep-sea fishes collected in the northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba. Israel Journal of Zoology, 39, 299 - 336.

Cohen, D. M. & Nielsen, J. G. (1978) Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Circular, 417, 1 - 72. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 63242

Dor, M. (1984) Checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea. CLOFRES. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, xxii + 437 pp., map.

Khalaf, M. A &. Disi, A. M. (1997) Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Publications of the Marine Science Station, Aqaba, 8, 1 - 252.

Klunzinger, C. B. (1871) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 21, 441 - 688.

Nielsen, J. G. & Uiblein, F. (1993) Tiefenwasser- und Tiefseefische aus dem Roten Meer. XVI. A new species of Neobythites from the NW Indian Ocean and the Red Sea (Pisces: Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae). Senckenbergiana Maritima, 23 (4 / 6), 109 - 113.

Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.) (1986) Smiths' Sea Fishes. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, 1047 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 642 - 82858 - 4