SCIAENIDAE

Argyrosomus regius (Asso 1801)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gruvel 1936, as Sciaena aquila; Trewavas 1977).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway to Congo.

Remark: Anti-Lessepsian migrant from eastern Mediterranean to northern Red Sea (Steinitz 1967).

* Atrobucca geniae Ben-Tuvia & Trewavas 1987

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Ben-Tuvia & Trewavas 1987), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Trewavas 1987), Jordan (Khalaf 2004). Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.