SAMARIDAE

*Plagipsetta sp.

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fricke et al., MS).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.

Remak: This is an undescribed species (Fricke et al., MS).

Samaris cristatus Gray 1831

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Dor 1970).

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

Samariscus inornatus (Lloyd 1909)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Baranes & Golani 1993, as Samariscus sp.; Hensley 1993), Jordan (Khalaf & Zajonz 2007). Red Sea main basin: ¯

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