OPISTOGNATHIDAE, Bonaparte, 1835

Golani, Daniel & Bogorodsky, Sergey V., 2010, 2463, Zootaxa 2463, pp. 1-135 : 79

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Opisthognathus muscatensis (not Boulenger) Dor, 1970

This species does not occur in the Red Sea ( Smith-Vaniz, 1986b). This record is based on misidentification of Opistognathus n.sp. known only from the Dahlak Archipelago (Smith-Vaniz, pers.comm).

Dor, M. (1970) Nouveaux poissons pour la faune de la mer Rouge. Bulletin of the Sea Fishery Research Station, Israel. 54, 7 - 28.

Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1986 b) Opisthognathidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.) Smiths' Sea Fishes. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg. pp. 726 - 727.