Lethrinidae
Authors/Creators
Description
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.
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Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Lethrinidae
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References
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