KYPHOSIDAE

Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1836, as Pimelepterus fuscus; El-Ganainy et al 2005).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Martens 1867, as Pimelepterus fuscus), Sudan (Fowler 1931), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).

General distribution: Atlantic Ocean; Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Indonesia and northern New Zealand.

Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (El-Ganainy et al 2005).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Pimelepterus tahmel), Sudan (Fowler 1931), Eritrea (Picaglia 1895, as Pimelepterus tahmel), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1836, as Pimelepterus tahmel).

General distribution: South Atlantic; Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Line islands and Easter Island .

Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Giamard 1825)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Pimelepterus waigiensis), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1836, as Pimelepterus marciac).

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