Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Golani, Daniel & Bogorodsky, Sergey V., 2010, 2463, Zootaxa 2463, pp. 1-135 : 85

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Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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The inclusion of this species by Dor (1984) and Goren & Dor (1994) was based on Red Sea being quoted by Playfair & Günther (1866). Clark & Gohar (1953) stated that this species doesn't exist in the Red Sea.

Clark, E & Gohar, H. A. F. (1953) The fishes of the Red Sea: Order Plectognathi. Publications of the Marine Biology Station, Ghardaqa, 8, 1 - 80.

Dor, M. (1984) CLOFRES: Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Jerusalem. 437 pp.

Goren, M. & Dor, M. (1994) An Updated Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea - CLOFRES II. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Elat. 120 pp.

Playfair, R. L. & Gunther, A. (1866) The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. Journal van Voort, London. xiv + 153 pp.