CIRRHITIDAE

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Cirrhitichthys aprinus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1884, as Cirrhites aprinus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983), Yemen (Kotthaus 1976, as Cirrhitichthys aureus).

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

Cirrhitus spilotoceps Schultz 1950

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Cirrhitichthys maculatus), Sudan (Gaither & Randall 2013), Eritrea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a, as Cirrhites maculatus; Gaither & Randall 2013), Saudi Arabia (Gaither & Randall 2013).

Remark: Red Sea records of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (non Forster 1801) are based on C. spilotoceps (see Gaither & Randall 2013).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman.

Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Debelius 2007), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: Madagascar and Seychelles east to Panama.

Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Cirrhites forsteri), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).

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