Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants Author Golani, Daniel Author Fricke, Ronald text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-05 4509 1 1 215 journal article 28027 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1 6c170c2b-8792-4173-ac41-2aa1fe2b7ab7 1175-5326 2607566 9D80FE28-D378-4C7D-87D7-380F6B583BC1 LETHRINIDAE Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes 1830) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Gymnocranius griseus ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 , as Dentex robinsoni ; Fowler & Steinitz 1956 , as Gymnocranius robinsoni ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Dentex rivulatus ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Dentex rivulatus ; Smith 1941 , as Gymnocranius ruppellii ; Bogorodsky et al . 2014b ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-Wst Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall, Line and Marquesas islands . Lethrinus borbonicus Valenciennes 1830 Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a , as Lethrinus bungus ). Gulf of Aqaba : Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Lieske & Myers 2010 ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830a , as Lethrinus bungus ). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa and Persian Gulf to Madagascar and Mascarenes. Lethrinus harak (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : Jordan ( Debelius 2007 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ), Sudan ( Botros 1971 ), Eritrea (Clark et al . 1968), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands , Samoa and Tonga . Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède 1802) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Jordan ( Marshall 1952, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Sudan ( Fowler 1931, as Lethrinus mahsenoides ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b , as Lehrinus mahsenoides ; Sato 1978 ), Saudi Arabia ( Gladstone 2002 ), Yemen (Heda et al . 1998). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tonga . Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937 ). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ), Sudan ( Bamber 1915 ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877 ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena mahsena ; see Fricke 2008 ), Yemen (Heda et al . 1998). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Sri Lanka . Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes 1830 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 ), Jordan ( Marshall 1952 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Lethrinus acutus ), Saudi Arabia ( Wassef & Bawazeer 1992, as Lethrinus elongatus ), Eritrea ( Botros 1971, as Lethrinus acutus ), Yemen (Heda et al . 1998, as Lethrinus elongatus and L. micodon ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea . Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b , as Lethrinus gothofredi ; Rüppell 1838). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt ( Marshall 1952 ), Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b ), Saudi Arabia ( Sato 1978 ), Yemen (Heda et al . 1998). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Samoa and Tonga . Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : Jordan ( Khalaf 2004 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Lethrinus ramak ), Eritrea ( Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Lethrinus ramak ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Lethrinus ramak ; Tortonese 1983 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago. Lethrinus olivaceus Valenciennes 1830 Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba : ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1884, as Lethrinus miniatus ), Saudi Arabia ( Sato 1978, as Lethrinus miniatus ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and northern Line islands and Henderson Island ( Pitcairn Group). Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes 1830 Gulf of Suez : Egypt (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b ). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ), Sudan ( Botros 1971 ), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830b ), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Lethrinus latifrons ; Roux-Estève 1956 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ryukyu Islands and New Guinea . Lethrinus xanthochilus Klunzinger 1870 Gulf of Suez : Egypt ( new record , based on HUJ 17020, identified by D. Golani ). Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( new record , based on HUJ 13260, HUJ 13620, identified by A. Ben-Tuvia ) . Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870 ). General distribution: Red Sea , Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall , Marquesas and Gambier islands . Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 ) Gulf of Suez : ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel ( Shpigel, 1997 ), Jordan ( Khalaf & Disi 1997 ). Red Sea main basin: Egypt ( Klunzinger 1870, as Sphaerodon grandoculis ), Sudan ( Edwards & Rosewell 1981 ), Eritrea ( Picaglia 1895, as Sphaerodon grandoculis ), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775 , as Sciaena grandoculis ; see Fricke 2008 ). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Line islands and Pitcairn Group.