CARANGIDAE, Rafinesque, 1815

Golani, Daniel & Fricke, Ronald, 2018, Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants, Zootaxa 4509 (1), pp. 1-215 : 82-86

CARANGIDAE

Alectis ciliaris (Bloch 1788)

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Citula ciliaris ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Blepharis fasciatus ).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas.

Alectis indica (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx gallus ), Eritrea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833, as Scyris indica ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Scyris indicus ), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998, as Alectis indicus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Tuamotu Archipelago.

Alepes djedaba (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber djedaba ; see Fricke 2008)

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

Red Sea main basin: Sudan ( Fowler 1931, as Caranx djeddaba ), Eritrea ( Ben-Tuvia 1968, as Atule djeddaba ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber djedaba ; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber djedaba ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966, as Atule djeddaba ).

Alepes vari ( Cuvier 1833)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010), Yemen ( Bogorodsky et al. 2011a).

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

Atule mate ( Cuvier 1833)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Bayoumi 1972, as Caranx mate ).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Caranx affinis ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1836, as Caranx affinis ; Tortonese 1935, as Caranx mate ), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Carangoides armatus (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Caranx armatus ).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Tortonese 1935, as Caranx armatus ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Caranx armatus ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Citula ciliaria ; Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833, as Olistus ruppellii ; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2017b), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Gulf of Thailand and southern China.

Carangoides bajad (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx fulvoguttatus var. flava ), Eritrea ( Ben-Tuvia 1968, Clark et al. 1968, as Caranx auroguttatus ; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b), Saudi Arabia ( Gladstone 2002; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b).

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

Carangoides chrysophrys ( Cuvier 1833)

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2017b), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell 1830)

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Caranx coeruleopinnatus ; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Samoa and Tonga.

Carangoides equula (Temminck & Schlegel 1844)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: South Africa; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island.

Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Fowler & Steinitz 1956).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx ferdau ), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Caranx ferdau ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber ferdau ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Bogorodsky et al. 2017b), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx fulvoguttatus and C. bleekeri ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915, as Caranx bleekeri ), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Vanuatu.

Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx talamparoides ; Klunzinger 1884, as Caranx impudicus ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b, as Carangoides chrysophrys ; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea.

Carangoides plagiotaenia Bleeker 1857

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx brevicarinatus ; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b), Sudan ( Botros 1971, as Caranx compressus ).

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

Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker 1852

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b, as Carangoides armatus ; Bogorodsky et al. 2017b). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden east to southern Japan, Guam and New Guinea.

Caranx heberi (Bennett 1830)

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan ( Khalaf & Krupp 2003).

Red Sea main basin: -

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

Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx sansun ), Eritrea ( Ben-Tuvia 1968), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber ignobilis ; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber ignobilis and S. sansun ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Caranx melampygus Cuvier 1833

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx bixanthopterus ), Sudan ( Botros 1971), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1836, as Caranx bixanthopterus ; Gladstone 2002), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998, as Caranx melanpygus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama.

Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard 1825

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx hippus ), Saudi Arabia ( Gladstone 2002), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands. Decapterus kurroides Bleeker 1855

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Kimura et al. 2013).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Decapterus macarellus ( Cuvier 1833)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Decapterus jacobaeus ).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas.

Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker 1851

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( El-Ganainy et al 2005).

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

Red Sea main basin: ¯

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

Decapterus russelli (Rüppell 1830)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1830, as Caranx russelli ; Demidov & Viskrebentsev 1970, as Decapterus kiliche ; Kimura et al. 2013).

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Demidow & Viskrebentsev 1970, as Decapterus kiliche ), Sudan ( Fowler 1931). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Fiji.

Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966, as Caranx kiliche ; Golani 2006).

Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Debelius 2007), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Seriolichthys bipinnulata ), Sudan ( Krupp 1990).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas.

Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1817, as Caranx petaurista ; Gruvel 1936, as Caranx speciosus ).

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx speciosus ), Sudan ( Debelius 2007), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Caranx petaurista ; Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833, as Caranx speciosus ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber speciosus ; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx rottleri ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Caranx rottleri ; Ben- Tuvia 1968), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus 1758)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871), Eritrea ( Borsieri 1904).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas.

Parastromateus niger (Bloch 1795)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).

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

Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède 1801

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

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia ( Gladstone 2002), Yemen (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832, as Chorinemus exoletus ).

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

Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Chorinemus toloo and C. lysan ), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829, as Lichia toloo-parah ; Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832, as Chorinemus moadetta ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber lysan ; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Scomber lysan ; see Fricke 2008).

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

Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch 1793)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt ( Tortonese 1948).

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Caranx macrophthalmus ), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Caranx macrophthamus ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas.

Seriola dumerili (Risso 1810)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

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

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Seriola aureo-vittata ), Saudi Arabia ( Tortonese 1983).

General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, but not in eastern Pacific.

Seriolina nigrofasciata ( Rüppell 1829)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Seriola nigrofasciata ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Seriola nigrofasciata ), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829, as Nomeus nigrofasciatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).

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

Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepède 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Botros 1971, as Trachynotus Baillonii ).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1871, as Trachynotus baillonii ), Eritrea ( Rüppell 1829, as Cäsiomorus quadripunctatus), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as Trachinotus bailloni ).

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

Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯