MYCTOPHIDAE

Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Kotthaus 1972).

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

Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Aron & Goodyear 1969, as Benthosema pterota), Jordan (Post & Svoboda 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Aron & Goodyear 1969, as Benthosema pterota), Sudan (Dypvik & Kaartvedt 2013), Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (Aron & Goodyear 1969, as Benthosema pterota), (Dypvik & Kaartvedt 2013). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to southrn Japan, Philippines and New Guinea.

Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger 1871)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Aron & Goodyear 1969), Jordan (Post & Svoboda 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Scopelus coeruleus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden east to New Guinea and New Caledonia.