OPHICHTHIDAE

Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker 1857)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Nemtzov et al. 1987; McCosker & Randall 2001), Jordan (Debelius 2007).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Callechelys catostoma (Schneider & Forster 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys melanotaenia).

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

Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1853)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), (Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1969a).

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

Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther 1870)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys arenicola; Fricke et al. 2015d), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Ophichthys arenicola).

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

* Mixomyrophis longidorsalis Hibino, Kimura & Golani 2015

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Hibino et al. 2015).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Muraenichthys schultzii), Eritrea (Gallotti 1973, as Muraenichthys schultzii).

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

Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys colubrinus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago (but not Hawaiian Islands).

Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier 1816)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys maculosus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Muraena tigrina; Tortonese 1983), Yemen (Picaglia 1894, as Gymnomuraena tigrina).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama (except for Hawaiian Islands).

Myrophis microchir (Bleeker 1864)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus; Golani 1999).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus).

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

*Neenchelys microtretus Bamber 1915

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bamber 1915).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Suez endemic.

Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona 1928)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (McCosker et al. 1993), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Yemen (D'Ancona 1928, as Leptocephalus echeloides).

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

Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder 1901)

Red Sea: (Dor 1970, as Ophichthus retifer).

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Debelius 2007, as Ophichthus retifer).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa; China and Taiwan to southern Japan.

Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer 1970

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (McCosker 1975).

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

Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline 1951

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith et al. 2015).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dor & Palmer 1977), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker 1857)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Muraenichthys gymnotus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Muraenichthys gymnotus).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Group. Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley 1987)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Hibino & Kimura 2015).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980, as Muraenichthys erythraeensis), Israel (Bauchot & Maugé 1980, as Muraenichthys erythraeensis).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980)

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980), Israel (Bauchot & Maugé 1980).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Hibino & Kimura 2015).

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

Skythrenchelys macrostomus (Bleeker 1864)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Castle & McCosker 1999, as Skythrenchelys lentiginosa).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Philippines to Samoa.

Remark. Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle & McCosker 1999 is a junior synonym of S. macrostomus (Bleeker 1864) (see Hibino et al. 2013).

* Suculentophichthys nasus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani 2015

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2015d).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith 1962)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2015d).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar; Andaman Islands; Indonesia east to Palau, Marshall and Marquesas islands.

Yirrkala tenuis (Günther 1870)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fricke et al. 2015d), Israel (Dor & Palmer 1977, as Pantonora tenuis).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fricke et al. 2015d).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa, western Mascarenes.