HEMIRAMPHIDAE

Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt 1823)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Parin et al. 1980).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Hemiramphus far (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847b, as Hemiramphus commersonii; Norman 1927, as Hemirhamphus far).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Farhians far).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847b, as Hemiramphus commersonii; Picaglia 1895), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967), Yemen (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Esox marginatus far; see Fricke 2008).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines, Samoa and Tonga.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966).

Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Norman 1927, as Hemirhamphus dussumieri; Chabanaud 1934, as Hemirhamphus marginatus).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Hemirhamphus dussumieri).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871), Sudan (Botros 1971), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Esox marginatus; see Fricke 2008).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf.

Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Chabanaud 1932, as Hemiramphus dussumieri).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Parin et al. 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Hemiramphus dussumieri; Parin et al. 1980), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Hemiramphus dussumieri).

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

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Golani 1998).

Hyporhamphus balinensis (Bleeker 1859)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Parin et al. 1980), Eritrea (Parin et al. 1980).

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

Hyporhamphus gamberur (Rüppell 1837)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Hemirhamphus gamberur).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Hemirhamphus gamberur).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Hemirhamphus gamberur), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Hemirhamphus gamberur), Eritrea (Rüppell 1837, as Hemiramphus gamberur), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève 1956, as Hemiramphus gamberur).

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

Oxyporhamphus bruuni Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev 1980

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Parin et al. 1980, as O. convexus bruuni).

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to northwestern India.