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Pinguipedidae Günther 1860

Description

PINGUIPEDIDAE

Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier 1829)

Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gruvel 1936, as Parapercis polyophthalma).

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007), (Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Parapercis hexophthalma), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Percis polyophthalma), Eritrea (Cuvier [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a, as Percis hexophtalma), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1828, as Percis cylindrica).

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

Parapercis maculata (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).

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

Parapercis simulata Schultz 1968

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: ¯

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Schultz 1968).

General distribution: Southern Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia.

Parapercis somaliensis Schultz 1968

Gulf of Suez: ¯

Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dor 1970), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).

Red Sea main basin: ¯

General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-215 in Zootaxa 4509 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Günther
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Pinguipedidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Pinguipedidae Günther, 1860 sec. Golani & Fricke, 2018

References

  • Gruvel, A. (1936) Contribution a l'etude de la bionomie generale et de l'exploration de la faune du canal de Suez. Memoires presentees a l'Institut d'Egypte, N. S., 29, 1 - 255, pls. 1 - 25, 1 color pl.
  • Debelius, H. (2007) Red Sea reef guide. Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Arabian Peninsula. Richmond, Surrey, Circle, 1 - 321.
  • Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2010) Korallenriff-Fuhrer Rotes Meer. 2 nd Edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart, 398 pp.
  • Ben-Tuvia, A. & Steinitz, H. (1952) Report on a collection of fishes from Eylath (Gulf of Aqaba), Red Sea. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, 2, 1 - 12.
  • Khalaf, M. A &. Disi, A. M. (1997) Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Publications of the Marine Science Station, Aqaba, 8, 1 - 252.
  • Klunzinger, C. B. (1870) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 20, 669 - 834.
  • Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. (1829 a) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisieme. Suite du Livre troisieme. Des percoides a dorsale unique a sept rayons branchiaux et a dents en velours ou en cardes. F. G. Levrault, Paris, xxviii + 2 + 500 pp., pls. 41 - 71. [Cuvier authored volume]
  • Bogorodsky, S. V., Alpermann, T. J., Mal, A. O. & Gabr, M. H. (2014 b) Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3852 (4), 401 - 437. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3852.4.1
  • Schultz, L. P. (1968) Four new fishes of the genus Parapercis with notes on other species from the Indo-Pacific area (Family Mugiloididae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 124 (3636), 1 - 16, pls. 1 - 4.
  • Dor, M. (1970) Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No. 44. Nouveaux poissons pour la faune de la mer Rouge. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 54, 7 - 28.