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BLENNIIDAE, 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 : 136-139

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 BLENNIIDAE
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BLENNIIDAE View in CoL View at ENA

* Adelotremus leptus Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Alloblennius jugularis ( Klunzinger 1871) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Blennius jugularis ), Eritrea ( Lotan 1970, as Glyptoparus jugularis ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Alloblennius pictus ( Lotan 1970) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971), Israel ( Lotan 1970, as Rhabdoblennius pictus ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Springer et al. 1988), Eritrea ( Lotan 1970, as Rhabdoblennius pictus ).

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

* Alticus magnusi Klausewitz 1964 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Alticus kirkii ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias tridactylus ; Klausewitz 1964, as Lophalticus kirkii magnusi ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Salarias kirkii ), Saudi Arabia ( Klausewitz 1964, as Lophalticus kirkii magnusi ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Antennablennius adenensis Fraser-Brunner 1951

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Bath 1983).

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

Antennablennius australis Fraser-Brunner 1951

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Lotan 1970; Bath 1983).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa south to Port Elizabeth ( South Africa), east to Madagascar.

Antennablennius hypenetes ( Klunzinger 1871) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Bath 1983), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Blennius hypenetes ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Blennius hypenetus ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Blennius hypenetus ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Blennius hypenetes ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Rhabdoblennius hypenetes ), Yemen ( Bath 1983).

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

Aspidontus dussumieri ( Valenciennes 1836) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Smith-Vaniz 1976), Sudan ( Smith-Vaniz 1976).

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

Aspidontus tractus Fowler 1903

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Smith-Vaniz 1976, as Aspidontus taeniatus tractus ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Kochzius 2002, as Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Petroscirtes filamentosus ; Smith-Vaniz 1976, as Aspidontus taeniatus tractus ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983, as Aspidontus taeniatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa east to Mascarenes.

Atrosalarias fuscus (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Lotan 1970), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Atrosalarias fuscus fuscus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Salarias fuscus ) (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, as Salarias ruficaudus ; Kossmann & Räuber, as Salarias niger ; Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968), Saudi Arabia ( Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands.

Blenniella periophthalmus ( Valenciennes 1836) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Lotan 1970, as Istiblennius biseriatus ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Istiblennius periophthalmus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias cyanostigma ), Sudan ( Springer & Williams 1994), Eritrea ( Lotan 1970, as Istiblennius biseriatus ; Springer & Williams 1994), Yemen ( Springer & Williams 1994).

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

Cirripectes castaneus ( Valenciennes 1836) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: (Kimmerling et al. 2017, as Cirripectes stigmaticus ), Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Cirripectes variolosus ), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Cirripectes sebae ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Kochzius 2002).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias sebae ), Sudan ( Williams 1988), Eritrea ( Lotan 1970, as Cirripectes variolosus ), Saudi Arabia ( Botros 1971, as Salarias sebae ; Williams 1988).

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

Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne & Macleay 1877)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Williams 1988), Yemen ( Williams 1988).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Solomon Islands.

* Ecsenius aroni Springer 1971 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Springer 1971), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Springer 1971), Sudan ( Debelius 2007).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Ecsenius dentex Springer 1988 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1960c, as Ecsenius nalolo ; Springer 1988), Israel ( Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius nalolo ; Springer 1988), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Ecsenius nalolo ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Springer 1971, as Ecsenius nalolo ; Springer 1988).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.

Ecsenius frontalis ( Valenciennes 1836) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Springer 1971).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius frontalis and E. albicaudatus ), Israel ( Lotan 1970), Jordan ( Khalaf & Kochzius 2002).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1960c), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Salarias frontalis ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, as Salarias frontalis ; Rüppell 1838, as Salarias nigrovittatus ; Springer 1971), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967).

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

Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin 1906)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Springer 1971).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Springer 1971), Israel ( Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius klausewitzii ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Springer 1971), Sudan ( Springer 1988), Eritrea ( Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius klausewitzii ; Springer 1988), Saudi Arabia ( Springer 1988).

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

Ecsenius midas Starck 1969

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Springer 1971), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Springer 1971), Sudan ( Springer 1988).

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

Ecsenius nalolo Smith 1959

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Springer 1971), Eritrea ( Springer 1971), Saudi Arabia ( Springer 1988), Yemen ( Springer 1988).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago.

Enchelyurus kraussii ( Klunzinger 1871) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Petroscitres kraussii ), Sudan ( Springer 1972), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Comoros east to Mariana Islands and Tonga.

Enchelyurus petersi ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Springer 1972).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Springer 1972).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea ( Gallotti 1973, as Cruantus petersi ).

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

* Entomacrodus solus Williams & Bogorodsky 2010 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Williams & Bogorodsky 2010).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.

Exallias brevis (Kner 1868)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fishelson 1995), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

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Bath, H. (1983) Revision der Gattung Antennablennius Fowler 1931 mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art und Untersuchung der taxonomischen Stellung von Antennablennius anuchalis Springer & Spreitzer 1978. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 64 (1 / 3), 47 - 80.

Borsieri, C. (1904) Contribuzione alla conoscenza della fauna ittiologica della Colonia Eritrea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Series 3, 1 (41), 187 - 220.

Botros, G. A. (1971) Fishes of the Red Sea. Oceanography and Marine Biology, Annual Review, 9, 221 - 348.

Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. (1836) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzieme. Livre treizieme. De la famille des Mugiloides. Livre quatorzieme. De la famille des Gobioides. F. G. Levrault, Paris, xx + 506 + 2 pp., pls. 307 - 343. [Valenciennes authored volume]

Debelius, H. (2007) Red Sea reef guide. Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Arabian Peninsula. Richmond, Surrey, Circle, 1 - 321.

Gallotti, A. M. (1973) Osservazioni intorno ad alcuni pesci ossei del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 79, 27 - 31.

Goren, M. & Spanier, E. (1985) The communities of benthic fish in Foul Bay (Tiran Island, Red Sea). Oceanologica Acta, 8 (4), 471 - 478.

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Blenniidae

Specimens