MURAENESOCIDAE

Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker 1853)

Red Sea: Egypt (Haroun et al. 2017).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Tortonese 1935, as Muraenesox talabon; Castle & Williamson 1975).

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

Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1982), Israel (Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Klausewitz & Thiel 1982), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Muraena cinerea; see Fricke 2008).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1982).