GOBIIDAE
Remark: A record of Eviota prasites (non Jordan & Seale 1906) by Debelius (2007) needs verification.
Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock 1979
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Jaafar & Randall 2009), Saudi Arabia (Randall 1994c).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
* Amblyeleotris neglecta Jaafar & Randall 2009
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Jaafar & Randall 2009).
Red Sea main basin: ¯
General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.
Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz 1974)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Klausewitz 1974a, as Cryptocentrus steinitzi), Israel (Karplus 1979; Jaafar & Randall 2009), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Jaafar & Randall 2009). Saudi Arabia (Debelius 2007).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa.
Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz 1969)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007; Jaafar & Randall 2009), Israel (Goren 1979b, as Cryptocentrus sungami), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan (Klausewitz 1969b, as Cryptocentrus sungami). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Sri Lanka.
Amblyeleotris triguttata Randall 1994
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris periophthalmus), Saudi Arabia (Randall 1994a), Yemen (Randall 1994a).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.
Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock 1977)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall & Jaafar 2009), Yemen (Randall 1994c).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands.
Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979b).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Goren 1979b), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albomaculatus), Sudan (Botros 1971; Goren 1979b), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius albimaculatus; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius quinqueocellatus), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Gobius albomaculatus).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines.
Amblygobius esakiae Herre 1939
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 1994c).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea.
Amblygobius nocturnus (Herre 1945)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1978b, as Ctenogobiops klausewitzi)
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Amblygobius klausewitzi), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands.
Amblygobius sewardii (Playfair 1867)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Amblycentrus magnusi).
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1968a, as Biat magnusi).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa .
Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: southern Red Sea (Allen & Erdmann 2012).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea.
Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Shibukawa et al. 2010), Saudi Arabia (Shibukawa et al. 2010).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline and Solomon Islands.
Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Gnatholepis baliurus).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Indonesia east to Ryukyu Islands and Philippines.
Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Asterropterix semipunctatus).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1978c), Israel (Goren 1978c), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albopunctatus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Gobius albopunctatus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius albopunctatus).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Samoa.
Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Gobius nebulopunctatus; Goren 1978c, as Bathygobius fuscus and B. fishelsoni).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Gobius fuscus).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius nebulopunctatus), Eritrea (Picaglia 1895, as Gobius nebulopunctatus; Clark et al. 1968).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas and Gambier islands.
Bryaninops discus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Suzuki et al. 2012).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.
Bryaninops loki Larson 1985
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Suzuki et al. 2012).
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Suzuki et al. 2012).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Ryukyu and Line islands.
Bryaninops natans Larson 1985
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Larson 1985), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Madagascar east to Marshall and Cook islands.
Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1984a, as Lobulogobius bentuviai; Larson 1985).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tonga.
* Bryaninops spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Suzuki et al. 2012).
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 1994c, as Bryaninops erythrops; Suzuki et al. 2012).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Bryaninops tigris Larson 1985
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Suzuki et al. 2012).
General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Society islands.
Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Goren & Diamant 1983, as Tenacigobius yongei).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands.
* Cabillus nigrostigmus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013).
General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.
Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Goren et al. 1991).
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman.
Callogobius clarkae (Goren 1978)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1978b, as Drombus clarki).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Callogobius clarki), Sudan (Delbenthal & Mooi 2014, as Callogobius clarki), Eritrea (Delventhal & Mooi 2014, Delventhal et al. 2016, as Callogobius clarki), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016, as Callogobius clarki).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.
Remark: Red Sea records of Callogobius bifasciatus (non Smith 1958) are based on this species (see Delventhal & Mooi 2014).
Callogobius dori Goren 1980
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Goren 1980), Eritrea (Delventhal et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles.
Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Goren 1980).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Delventhal et al. 2016), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Mucogobius flavobrunneus), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Chagos Archipelago.
* Callogobius pilosimentum Delventhal, Mooi, Bogorodsky & Mal 2016
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Delventhal et al. 2016).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Drombus irrasus; Delventhal et al. 2016), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius irrasus; Delventhal et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner 1897)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Delventhal et al. 2016).
Red Sea main basin: ¯
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marquesas and Gambier islands.
Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis), Israel (Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Coryogalops sufensis; Kovačić et al. 2014), Eritrea (Clark 1968).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Persian Gulf.
* Coryogalops guttatus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2014b).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
* Coryogalops nanus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2016
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2016).
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2016).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
* Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman 1927)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Norman 1927, as Gobius ocheticus; Miller 1978, as Monishia ochetica).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae), Israel (Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1975, as Cabillus anchialinae), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007).
* Coryogalops pseudomonospilus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2014b).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Amblyacentrus arabicus).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius arabicus), Eritrea (Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius bimaculatus; Giglioli 1889, as Gobius arabicus), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Gobius anguillaris; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf.
Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1964), Sudan (Goren 1979b), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius caeruleopunctatus; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius pavoninus), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1960b).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.
Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Rothman and Goren, 2015).
Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Goren 1979b).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1960b), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius cryptocentrus), Saudi Arabia (Botros 1971, as Gobius cryptocentrus).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Chagos Archipelago.
Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair 1867)
Red Sea: (Randall 1995b).
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: ¯
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to New Britain.
Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz 1960
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1960b).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Persian Gulf.
Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall et al. 2003, as Ctenogobiops maculosus; Kovačić et al. 2011), Israel (Goren 1979b), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Ctenogobiops maculosus).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Michiels et al. 2008, as Ctenogobiops maculosus; Kovačić et al. 2011), Sudan (Randall et al. 2003, as Ctenogobiops maculosus; Kovačić et al. 2011).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea.
Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin 1977
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Lubbock & Polunin 1977).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and Solomon Islands.
Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Freinschlag & Patzner 2012), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Kovačić et al. 2011), Saudi Arabia (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Cryptocentroides maculosus), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea.
Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale 1906
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Eviota stigmapteron; Lachner & Karnella 1978).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Tuamotu Archipelago.
* Eviota geminata Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al. 2014).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Eviota guttata Lachner & Karnella 1978
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Brokovich et al. 2008), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016), Eritrea (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to western Indonesia.
* Eviota oculopiperita Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al. 2014).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Eviota pardalota Lachner & Karnella 1978
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.
Eviota prasina (Klunzinger 1871)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Eleotris prasimus; Brokovich et al. 2008, as Eviota pencees), Jordan (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Eleotris prasinus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris prasinus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Tuamotu Islands.
Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez & Erdmann 2016
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978, as Eviota sebreei; Tornabene et al. 2016), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Eviota sebreei).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Eviota sebreei).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles and Comoros east to Ryukyu Islands and eastern Indonesia.
Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella 1978
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Sudan (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Saudi Arabia (Lachner & Karnella 1978).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Fiji and Tonga.
Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Acentrogobius belissimus).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Solomon Islands and Samoa.
Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bogorodsky et al. 2011b, as Papillogobius melanobranchus).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1978b, as Silhouettea chaimi; Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus), Israel (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus).
Red Sea main basin: ¯
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007, as Papillogobius melanobranchus).
Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1853)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1989, as Oplopomus reichei).
Red Sea main basin: ¯
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea.
Feia nympha Smith 1959
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Bogorodsky et al. 2010), Saudi Arabia (Kovačić et al. 2016).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia.
Fusigobius humeralis (Randall 2001)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis).
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis), Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to French Polynesia.
Fusigobius longispinus Goren 1978
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Hoese & Reader 1985), Israel (Goren 1978b), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands.
Fusigobius maximus (Randall 2001)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus maximus).
General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and New Caledonia.
Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Coryphopterus neophytus).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus), Sudan (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands.
Gladiogobius rex Shibukawa & Allen 2007
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Gladiogobius ensifer).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Aldabra east to western Indonesia.
Remark: The Red Sea record of Gladiogobius ensifer (non Herre 1933) is based on G. rex (see Shibukawa & Allen 2007).
Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Goren 1979b).
General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Society Islands.
Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Greenfield 2001, Larson & Buckle 2012), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis; Golani & Lerner 2007), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Randall & Greenfield 2001, Larson & Buckle 2012), Sudan (Randall & Greenfield 2001), Yemen (Larson & Buckle 2012).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle 2012
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis; Larson & Buckle 2012), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis; Larson & Buckle 2012), Sudan (Larson & Buckle 2012), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis, Larson & Buckle 2012), Yemen (Larson & Buckle 2012).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf.
Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Taiwan.
* Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013), Yemen (Herler et al. 2013).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell 1838)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Shpigel, 1997), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870), Sudan (Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius citrinus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Samoa and Tonga.
Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013), Saudi Arabia (Herler et al. 2013).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Ryukyu Islands.
Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Samoa.
* Gobiodon irregularis Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013), Eritrea (Herler et al. 2013), Saudi Arabia (Herler et al. 2013). General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
Gobiodon prolixus Winterbottom & Harold 2005
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Bogorodsky et al. 2010).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Madagascar and Rodrigues (Mascarenes) east to Tuamoutu Islands.
Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair 1867
Gulf of Suez: (Botros 1971).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Brokovich et al. 2008), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Gobiodon punctatus).
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf; Chagos Archipelago.
Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830)
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Gobiodon quinquestriagatus).
Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Gobiodon quinquestrigatus; Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952).
Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius rivulatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Gobiodon ceramensis), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).
General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands.
Gobius cobitis Pallas 1811
Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren & Klausewitz 1978).