BLENNIIDAE

* Adelotremus leptus Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Alloblennius jugularis (Klunzinger 1871)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Blennius jugularis), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Glyptoparus jugularis).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Alloblennius pictus (Lotan 1970)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971), Israel (Lotan 1970, as Rhabdoblennius pictus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Springer et al. 1988), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Rhabdoblennius pictus).

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

* Alticus magnusi Klausewitz 1964

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Alticus kirkii).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias tridactylus; Klausewitz 1964, as Lophalticus kirkii magnusi), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Salarias kirkii), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1964, as Lophalticus kirkii magnusi).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

Antennablennius adenensis Fraser-Brunner 1951

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Bath 1983).

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

Antennablennius australis Fraser-Brunner 1951

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Lotan 1970; Bath 1983).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa south to Port Elizabeth (South Africa), east to Madagascar.

Antennablennius hypenetes (Klunzinger 1871)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bath 1983), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Blennius hypenetes), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Blennius hypenetus), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Blennius hypenetus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Blennius hypenetes), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Rhabdoblennius hypenetes), Yemen (Bath 1983).

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

Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz 1976), Sudan (Smith-Vaniz 1976).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Society Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.

Aspidontus tractus Fowler 1903

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz 1976, as Aspidontus taeniatus tractus), Jordan (Khalaf & Kochzius 2002, as Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Petroscirtes filamentosus; Smith-Vaniz 1976, as Aspidontus taeniatus tractus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Aspidontus taeniatus).

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

Atrosalarias fuscus (Rüppell 1838)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Lotan 1970), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Atrosalarias fuscus fuscus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Salarias fuscus) (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, as Salarias ruficaudus; Kossmann & Räuber, as Salarias niger; Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968), Saudi Arabia (Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands.

Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Lotan 1970, as Istiblennius biseriatus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Istiblennius periophthalmus).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias cyanostigma), Sudan (Springer & Williams 1994), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Istiblennius biseriatus; Springer & Williams 1994), Yemen (Springer & Williams 1994).

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

Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: (Kimmerling et al. 2017, as Cirripectes stigmaticus), Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Cirripectes variolosus), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Cirripectes sebae), Jordan (Khalaf & Kochzius 2002).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias sebae), Sudan (Williams 1988), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Cirripectes variolosus), Saudi Arabia (Botros 1971, as Salarias sebae; Williams 1988).

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

Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne & Macleay 1877)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Williams 1988), Yemen (Williams 1988).

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

* Ecsenius aroni Springer 1971

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Springer 1971), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971), Sudan (Debelius 2007).

General distribution: Red Sea endemic.

* Ecsenius dentex Springer 1988

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Klausewitz 1960c, as Ecsenius nalolo; Springer 1988), Israel (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius nalolo; Springer 1988), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Ecsenius nalolo).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971, as Ecsenius nalolo; Springer 1988).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.

Ecsenius frontalis (Valenciennes 1836)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Springer 1971).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius frontalis and E. albicaudatus), Israel (Lotan 1970), Jordan (Khalaf & Kochzius 2002).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1960c), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Salarias frontalis), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, as Salarias frontalis; Rüppell 1838, as Salarias nigrovittatus; Springer 1971), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967).

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

Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin 1906)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Springer 1971).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Springer 1971), Israel (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius klausewitzii), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971), Sudan (Springer 1988), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius klausewitzii; Springer 1988), Saudi Arabia (Springer 1988).

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

Ecsenius midas Starck 1969

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Springer 1971), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971), Sudan (Springer 1988).

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

Ecsenius nalolo Smith 1959

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Springer 1971), Eritrea (Springer 1971), Saudi Arabia (Springer 1988), Yemen (Springer 1988).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago.

Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger 1871)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Petroscitres kraussii), Sudan (Springer 1972), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Comoros east to Mariana Islands and Tonga.

Enchelyurus petersi (Kossmann & Räuber 1877)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Springer 1972).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Springer 1972).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Gallotti 1973, as Cruantus petersi).

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

* Entomacrodus solus Williams & Bogorodsky 2010

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Williams & Bogorodsky 2010).

General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.

Exallias brevis (Kner 1868)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fishelson 1995), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).