LETHRINIDAE

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 : 98-100

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Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes 1830)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Gymnocranius griseus ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Dentex robinsoni ; Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Gymnocranius robinsoni ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Dentex rivulatus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Dentex rivulatus ; Smith 1941, as Gymnocranius ruppellii ; Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Wst Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall, Line and Marquesas islands.

Lethrinus borbonicus Valenciennes 1830

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a, as Lethrinus bungus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a, as Lethrinus bungus ).

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

Lethrinus harak (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Debelius 2007).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870), Sudan ( Botros 1971), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838).

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

Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède 1802)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Jordan ( Marshall 1952, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Sudan ( Fowler 1931, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b, as Lehrinus mahsenoides ; Sato 1978), Saudi Arabia ( Gladstone 2002), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870), Sudan ( Bamber 1915), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena mahsena ; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Sri Lanka.

Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes 1830

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952), Jordan ( Marshall 1952).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Lethrinus acutus ), Saudi Arabia ( Wassef & Bawazeer 1992, as Lethrinus elongatus ), Eritrea ( Botros 1971, as Lethrinus acutus ), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998, as Lethrinus elongatus and L. micodon ).

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

Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b, as Lethrinus gothofredi View in CoL ; Rüppell 1838).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b), Saudi Arabia ( Sato 1978), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Lethrinus ramak ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Lethrinus ramak ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Lethrinus ramak ; Tortonese 1983).

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

Lethrinus olivaceus Valenciennes 1830

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Lethrinus miniatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Sato 1978, as Lethrinus miniatus ).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and northern Line islands and Henderson Island ( Pitcairn Group).

Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes 1830

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870), Sudan ( Botros 1971), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Lethrinus latifrons ; Roux-Estève 1956).

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

Lethrinus xanthochilus Klunzinger 1870 View in CoL

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (new record, based on HUJ 17020, identified by D. Golani).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (new record, based on HUJ 13260, HUJ 13620, identified by A. Ben-Tuvia) .

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870).

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

Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Sphaerodon grandoculis ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895, as Sphaerodon grandoculis ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena grandoculis ; see Fricke 2008).

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

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