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

TRIPTERYGIIDAE

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)

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

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.