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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 : 146-155

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GOBIIDAE View in CoL View at ENA

Remark: A record of Eviota prasites (non Jordan & Seale 1906) by Debelius (2007) needs verification.

Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock 1979

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Jaafar & Randall 2009), Saudi Arabia ( Randall 1994c).

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

* Amblyeleotris neglecta Jaafar & Randall 2009 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Jaafar & Randall 2009).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz 1974)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1974a, as Cryptocentrus steinitzi ), Israel ( Karplus 1979; Jaafar & Randall 2009), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan ( Jaafar & Randall 2009). Saudi Arabia ( Debelius 2007).

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

Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz 1969)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007; Jaafar & Randall 2009), Israel ( Goren 1979b, as Cryptocentrus sungami ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan ( Klausewitz 1969b, as Cryptocentrus sungami ). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Sri Lanka.

Amblyeleotris triguttata Randall 1994

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris periophthalmus ), Saudi Arabia ( Randall 1994a), Yemen ( Randall 1994a).

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

Amblyeleotris wheeleri ( Polunin & Lubbock 1977) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall & Jaafar 2009), Yemen ( Randall 1994c).

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

Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren 1979b).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b), Israel ( Goren 1979b), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albomaculatus ), Sudan ( Botros 1971; Goren 1979b), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius albimaculatus ; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius quinqueocellatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Gobius albomaculatus ).

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

Amblygobius esakiae Herre 1939

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall 1994c).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea.

Amblygobius nocturnus (Herre 1945)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren 1978b, as Ctenogobiops klausewitzi )

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Amblygobius klausewitzi ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands.

Amblygobius sewardii (Playfair 1867)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Amblycentrus magnusi ).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1968a, as Biat magnusi ).

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

Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: southern Red Sea ( Allen & Erdmann 2012).

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

Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Shibukawa et al. 2010), Saudi Arabia ( Shibukawa et al. 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline and Solomon Islands.

Arcygobius baliurus ( Valenciennes 1837) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Gnatholepis baliurus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Indonesia east to Ryukyu Islands and Philippines.

Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Asterropterix semipunctatus ).

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

Bathygobius cyclopterus ( Valenciennes 1837) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1978c), Israel ( Goren 1978c), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albopunctatus ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Gobius albopunctatus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius albopunctatus ).

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

Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Gobius nebulopunctatus ; Goren 1978c, as Bathygobius fuscus and B. fishelsoni ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Gobius fuscus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius nebulopunctatus ), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895, as Gobius nebulopunctatus ; Clark et al. 1968).

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

Bryaninops discus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Suzuki et al. 2012).

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

Bryaninops loki Larson 1985 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Suzuki et al. 2012).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Suzuki et al. 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Ryukyu and Line islands.

Bryaninops natans Larson 1985 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Larson 1985), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Madagascar east to Marshall and Cook islands.

Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1984a, as Lobulogobius bentuviai ; Larson 1985).

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

* Bryaninops spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Suzuki et al. 2012).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Randall 1994c, as Bryaninops erythrops ; Suzuki et al. 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Bryaninops tigris Larson 1985 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Suzuki et al. 2012).

General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Society islands.

Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel ( Goren & Diamant 1983, as Tenacigobius yongei ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands.

* Cabillus nigrostigmus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.

Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Goren et al. 1991).

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al. 2016).

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

Callogobius clarkae (Goren 1978)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren 1978b, as Drombus clarki ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki ), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Callogobius clarki ), Sudan (Delbenthal & Mooi 2014, as Callogobius clarki ), Eritrea ( Delventhal & Mooi 2014, Delventhal et al. 2016, as Callogobius clarki ), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al. 2016, as Callogobius clarki ).

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

Remark: Red Sea records of Callogobius bifasciatus (non Smith 1958) are based on this species (see Delventhal & Mooi 2014).

Callogobius dori Goren 1980

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Goren 1980), Eritrea ( Delventhal et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al. 2016).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles.

Callogobius flavobrunneus ( Smith 1958) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Goren 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Delventhal et al. 2016), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Mucogobius flavobrunneus ), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al. 2016).

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

* Callogobius pilosimentum Delventhal, Mooi, Bogorodsky & Mal 2016 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Delventhal et al. 2016).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Drombus irrasus ; Delventhal et al. 2016), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius irrasus ; Delventhal et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia ( Delventhal et al. 2016).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner 1897)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Delventhal et al. 2016).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis View in CoL ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis ), Israel ( Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Coryogalops sufensis ; Kovačić et al. 2014), Eritrea (Clark 1968).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Persian Gulf.

* Coryogalops guttatus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2014b).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Coryogalops nanus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2016 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2016).

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2016).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Coryogalops ocheticus ( Norman 1927) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Norman 1927, as Gobius ocheticus View in CoL ; Miller 1978, as Monishia ochetica View in CoL ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae ), Israel ( Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1975, as Cabillus anchialinae ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae ).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007).

* Coryogalops pseudomonospilus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2014b).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Amblyacentrus arabicus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius arabicus ), Eritrea (Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius bimaculatus ; Giglioli 1889, as Gobius arabicus ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Gobius anguillaris ; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf.

Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b), Israel ( Karplus et al. 1981).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1964), Sudan ( Goren 1979b), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius caeruleopunctatus ; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius pavoninus ), Saudi Arabia ( Klausewitz 1960b).

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

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the eastern Mediterranean Sea ( Rothman and Goren, 2015).

Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus ( Valenciennes 1837) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b), Israel ( Goren 1979b).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klausewitz 1960b), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius cryptocentrus ), Saudi Arabia ( Botros 1971, as Gobius cryptocentrus ).

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

Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair 1867)

Red Sea: ( Randall 1995b).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to New Britain.

Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz 1960

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b), Israel ( Karplus et al. 1981).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Saudi Arabia ( Klausewitz 1960b).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Persian Gulf.

Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall et al. 2003, as Ctenogobiops maculosus ; Kovačić et al. 2011), Israel ( Goren 1979b), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Ctenogobiops maculosus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Michiels et al. 2008, as Ctenogobiops maculosus ; Kovačić et al. 2011), Sudan ( Randall et al. 2003, as Ctenogobiops maculosus ; Kovačić et al. 2011).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea.

Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin 1977 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Lubbock & Polunin 1977).

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

Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Freinschlag & Patzner 2012), Israel ( Karplus et al. 1981).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Kovačić et al. 2011), Saudi Arabia (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Cryptocentroides maculosus ), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea.

Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.

Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale 1906

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Israel ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Eviota stigmapteron ; Lachner & Karnella 1978).

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

* Eviota geminata Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al. 2014).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Eviota guttata Lachner & Karnella 1978 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel ( Brokovich et al. 2008), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan ( Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016), Eritrea ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to western Indonesia.

* Eviota oculopiperita Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al. 2014).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Eviota pardalota Lachner & Karnella 1978 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

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

Eviota prasina ( Klunzinger 1871) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Eleotris prasimus ; Brokovich et al. 2008, as Eviota pencees ), Jordan ( Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Eleotris prasinus ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris prasinus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Tuamotu Islands.

Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez & Erdmann 2016 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978, as Eviota sebreei ; Tornabene et al. 2016), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Eviota sebreei ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985, as Eviota sebreei ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles and Comoros east to Ryukyu Islands and eastern Indonesia.

Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella 1978 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lachner & Karnella 1978), Sudan ( Lachner & Karnella 1978), Saudi Arabia ( Lachner & Karnella 1978).

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

Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Acentrogobius belissimus ).

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

Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Bogorodsky et al. 2011b, as Papillogobius melanobranchus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1978b, as Silhouettea chaimi ; Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus ), Israel ( Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus ).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007, as Papillogobius melanobranchus ).

Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1853)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1989, as Oplopomus reichei ).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Feia nympha Smith 1959

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Bogorodsky et al. 2010), Saudi Arabia ( Kovačić et al. 2016).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia.

Fusigobius humeralis (Randall 2001)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis ).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis ), Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to French Polynesia.

Fusigobius longispinus Goren 1978

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Hoese & Reader 1985), Israel ( Goren 1978b), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985).

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

Fusigobius maximus (Randall 2001)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus maximus ).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and New Caledonia.

Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ), Jordan ( Khalaf 2004, as Coryphopterus neophytus ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ), Sudan ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus ).

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

Gladiogobius rex Shibukawa & Allen 2007 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Gladiogobius ensifer ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Aldabra east to western Indonesia.

Remark: The Red Sea record of Gladiogobius ensifer (non Herre 1933) is based on G. rex (see Shibukawa & Allen 2007).

Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea ( Goren 1979b).

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

Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Randall & Greenfield 2001, Larson & Buckle 2012), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis ; Golani & Lerner 2007), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Randall & Greenfield 2001, Larson & Buckle 2012), Sudan ( Randall & Greenfield 2001), Yemen ( Larson & Buckle 2012).

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

Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle 2012 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis View in CoL ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis ; Larson & Buckle 2012), Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis ; Larson & Buckle 2012), Sudan ( Larson & Buckle 2012), Eritrea ( Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis, Larson & Buckle 2012 ), Yemen ( Larson & Buckle 2012).

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

Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Taiwan.

* Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013), Yemen ( Herler et al. 2013).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel ( Shpigel, 1997), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870), Sudan ( Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius citrinus ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983).

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

Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013), Saudi Arabia ( Herler et al. 2013).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Ryukyu Islands.

Gobiodon histrio ( Valenciennes 1837) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Samoa.

* Gobiodon irregularis Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Herler et al. 2013), Eritrea ( Herler et al. 2013), Saudi Arabia ( Herler et al. 2013). General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Gobiodon prolixus Winterbottom & Harold 2005

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Yemen ( Bogorodsky et al. 2010).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Madagascar and Rodrigues (Mascarenes) east to Tuamoutu Islands.

Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair 1867

Gulf of Suez: ( Botros 1971).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel ( Brokovich et al. 2008), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan ( Bamber 1915), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Gobiodon punctatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean : Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf; Chagos Archipelago.

Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Gobiodon quinquestriagatus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Gobiodon quinquestrigatus ; Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius rivulatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Gobiodon ceramensis ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983).

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

Gobius cobitis Pallas 1811

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Goren & Klausewitz 1978).

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Specimens