TRIPTERYGIIDAE, Whitley, 1931

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 : 142-144

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TRIPTERYGIIDAE View in CoL View at ENA

Enneapterygius abeli (Klausewitz 1960)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Clark 1980).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980), Israel ( Clark 1980), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1960a, as Tripterygion abeli ), Sudan ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968, as Tripterygion abeli ), Yemen ( Holleman 2005).

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

* Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark 1980

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Sudan ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Eritrea ( Clark 1980), Saudi Arabia ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Remark: Previous records of Enneapterygius tutuilae (non Jordan & Seale 1906) are based on E. altipinnis (see Holleman 2005).

Enneapterygius clarkae Holleman 1982

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Holleman 1982).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Madagascar and Cargados Carajos. * Enneapterygius destai Clark 1980

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, Fricke 1997), Sudan ( Clark 1980), Eritrea ( Clark 1980), Saudi Arabia ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Yemen ( Holleman 2005).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Enneapterygius obscurus Clark 1980

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Eritrea ( Clark 1980), Saudi Arabia ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Maldives.

* Enneapterygius pallidus Clark 1980

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Enneapterygius pusillus Rüppell 1838

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Clark 1980).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Tripterygium pusillum ), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1835).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to southern India.

* Enneapterygius qirmiz Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007; Lieske & Myers 2010, as Enneapterygius sp.).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Sudan ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Saudi Arabia ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012), Yemen ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Enneapterygius ventermaculus Holleman 1982

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Fricke in Golani & Bogorodsky 2010).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Pakistan.

Helcogramma obtusirostris ( Klunzinger 1871) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Tripterygion obtusirostris ), Egypt ( Fricke 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Tripterygium obtusirostre ), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968, as Tripterygion obtusirostre ).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman.

Helcogramma steinitzi Clark 1980 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Clark 1980).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980), Israel ( Clark 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Holleman 2006), Ethiopia ( Clark 1980), Saudi Arabia ( Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012).

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

Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz 1960)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Clark 1980, as Norfolkia springeri ).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

References

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.

Clark, E. (1980) Red Sea fishes of the family Tripterygiidae with descriptions of eight new species. Israel Journal of Zoology, 28 (3 - 4), 65 - 113.

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

Fricke, R. (1997) Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). In: Theses Zoologicae. Vol. 31. Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, pp. 1 - ix + 1 - 607.

Golani, D. & Bogorodsky, S. V. (2010). The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. Zootaxa, 2463, 1 - 135.

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

Holleman, W. (1982) Three new species and a new genus of tripterygiid fishes (Blenniodei) from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History), 14 (4), 109 - 137.

Holleman, W. (2005) A review of the triplefin fish genus Enneapterygius (Blennioidei: Tripterygidae) in the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin, 5, 1 - 25, pls. 1 - 2.

Holleman, W. (2006) Fishes of the Helcogramma steinitzi species group (Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae) from the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species. Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 11 (3), 89 - 104.

Holleman, W. & Bogorodsky, S. V. 2012 A review of the blennioid fish family Tripterygiidae (Perciformes) in the Red Sea, with description of Enneapterygius qirmiz, and reinstatement of Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980. Zootaxa, 3152, 36 - 60.

Khalaf, M. A (2004) Fish fauna of the Jordanian coast, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. JKAU Marine Science, 15, 23 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.4197 / mar. 15 - 1.2

Klausewitz, W. (1960 a) Fische aus dem Roten Meer. III. Tripterygion abeli n. sp. (Pisces, Blennioidea, Clinidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 41 (1 / 2), 11 - 13.

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

Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2010) Korallenriff-Fuhrer Rotes Meer. 2 nd Edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart, 398 pp.

Ruppell, W. P. E. S. (1835 - 1838) Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, ii + 148 pp., 33 pls. [1835: pp. 1 - 28, pls. 1 - 7; 1836: pp. 29 - 52, pls. 8 - 14; 1837: pp. 53 - 80, pls. 15 - 21; 1838: pp. 81 - 148, pls. 22 - 33]

Steinitz, H. & Ben-Tuvia, A. (1955) Fishes from Eylath (Gulf of Aqaba), Red Sea. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, 11, 1 - 15.