BALISTIDAE

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 : 177-178

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Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous [Lacepède] 1798)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes 2005), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes stellatus ; Sanzo 1930, as Balistes lineatus ), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829, as Balistes stellatus ; Sanzo 1930, as Balistes lineatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998, as Abalistis stellatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau, Fiji and Tonga.

Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes undulatus ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Eritrea ( Tortonese 1947a), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Balistes lineatus ; Roux-Estève 1956).

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

Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes viridescens ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829, as Balistes viridescens ), Saudi Arabia ( Botros 1971, as Balistes viridescens ).

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

Canthidermis macrolepis (Boulenger 1888)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes 2005).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Eritrea ( Tortonese 1956, as Canthidermis longirostris ). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and southern Oman.

Odonus niger (Rüppell 1836)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Zenodon erythrodon ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes erythrodon ), Eritrea ( Botros 1971, as Balistes niger ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1837, as Xenodon niger ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Marquesas and Society islands.

Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus ( Rüppell 1829) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes flavimarginatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Balistes flavimarginatus ), Eritrea ( Tortonese 1956), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Balistes flavimarginatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands east to Tuamotu Archipelago.

Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Balistes fuscus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Xanthichthys fuscus ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes fuscus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Balistes fuscus ), Saudi Arabia ( Rüppell 1829, as Balistes caerulescens ; Rüppell 1837, as Balistes rivulatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.

Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Balistes assasi View in CoL ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Rhinecanthus verrucosus ), Jordan ( Bouchon et al. 1981).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes assasi ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Balistes assasi ), Eritrea ( Giglioli 1889, as Balistes assasi ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Balistes assasi ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Sufflamen albicaudatum ( Rüppell 1829) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010 as Sufflamen albicaudatus ), Israel ( Tortonese 1968, as Sufflamen albicaudatus ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Sufflamen albicaudatus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes niger ), Saudi Arabia ( Debelius 2007), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829, as Balistes albicaudatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf.

Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille 1804)

Red Sea: Egypt ( Haroun et al. 2017).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ( Randall 2005).

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

References

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Baranes, A. (2005) Note on the occurrence of two rare triggerfishes (Balistidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. Cybium, 29 (4), 407 - 409.

Ben-Tuvia, A. & Steinitz, H. (1952) Report on a collection of fishes from Eylath (Gulf of Aqaba), Red Sea. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, 2, 1 - 12.

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