PENTACEROTIDAE

Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel 1844

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1980, as Histiopterus spinifer).

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