RHINCODONTIDAE

Rhincodon typus Smith 1828

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Tortonese 1956).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Baranes 1973, 2013), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Debelius 2007), Sudan (Gudger 1938, as Rhineodon sp.), Eritrea (Gudger 1938, as Rhineodon sp.), Yemen (Gudger 1938, as Rhineodon sp.).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas except the Mediterranean.