Scorpaenidae
Creators: name: Golani, Daniel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Scorpaenidae

description: SCORPAENIDAE   Brachypterois serrulifer (Fowler, 1938)   
 Red Sea: (Frøiland 1972, as Brachypterois serrulifer).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Oman and Persian Gulf east to southern Japan and Philippines.   
 Dendrochirus hemprichi Matsunuma, Motomura & Bogorodsky 2017   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Pterois brachyptera).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Matsunuma et al. 2017b), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Dendrochirus brachypterus; Matsunuma et al. 2017b); Jordan (Bouchon et al. 1981, as Dendrochirus brachypterus, Matsunuma et al. 2017b).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Pterois brachyptera; Matsunuma et al. 2017b), Sudan (Debelius 2007, as Dendrochirus zebra), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935, as Pterois brachypterus; Matsunuma et al. 2017b).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa to Seychelles and Madagascar.   
 Remark: Previous Red Sea records of Dendrochirus brachypterus (non Cuvier 1829) and D. zebra (non Cuvier 1829) are based on D. hemprichi (see Matsunuma et al. 2017b).   
 Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002, as Neomerinthe bathyperimensis; Motomura et al. 2015).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Réunion (Mascarenes) east to French Polynesia.   
 Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Scorpaena aurita), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Scorpaena aurita).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines.   
 Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2016b).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Scorpaena longicornis).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western Indonesia.   
 Pteroidichthys amboinensis Bleeker 1856   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Frøiland 1972; Fricke et al. 2015b).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: India east to southern Japan, Philippines and Fiji.   
 Pterois cincta Rüppell 1838   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (El-Ganainy et al 2005, as Pterois radiata).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Matsunuma & Motomura 2015), Israel (Tortonese 1968, as Pterois radiata; Matsunuma & Motomura 2015), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Pterois radiata).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870), Sudan (Matsunuma & Motomura 2015), Eritrea (Frøiland 1972, as Pterois radiata; Matsunuma & Motomura 2015), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838), Yemen (Matsunuma & Motomura 2015).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Remark: Red Sea records of Pterois radiata (non Cuvier 1829) are based on this species.   
 Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Pterois volitans), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Pterois volitans; Golani & Sonin 1992), Jordan (Bouchon et al. 1981, as Pterois volitans; Golani & Sonin 1992).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Pterois volitans), Sudan (Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Tortonese   
 1935, as Pterois volitans), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Pterois sp. 5; Matsunuma et al. 2017a), Yemen (Picaglia 1895, as Pterois volitans).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia.   
 Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Golani & Sonin 1992).   
 Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Debelius 2007).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East and South Africa and Madagascar east to western Indonesia.   
 Pterois russelii Bennett 1831   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Frøiland 1972, as Pterois russelli; Matsunuma et al. 2017a).   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Matsunuma et al. 2017a).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines.   
 * Scorpaena sp.   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Tortonese 1968, as Scorpaena erythraea; Fricke et al., MS).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Scorpaenodes evides (Jordan & Thompson 1914)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: New record (based on HUJ 9349).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands.   
 Remark: A single specimen (HUJ 9349) from the Gulf of Aqaba was identified by S. Poss as S. littoralis (Tanaka 1917), which is a junior synonym of S. evides.   
 Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)   
 Gulf of Suez: Eritrea (Botros 1971, as Sebastes guamensis).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Frøiland 1972; Goren & Karplus 1983a).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Sebastes rubropunctata), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Sebastes polylepis), Eritrea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829b, as Scorpaena rubropunctata; Rüppell 1838, as Scorpaena chilioprista), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Scorpaenodes scabra).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake, Marshall and Marquesas islands.   
 Scorpaenodes hirsutus (Smith 1957)   
 Red Sea: Egypt (Haroun et al. 2017).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Frøiland 1972).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group.   
 Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Garrett 1864)   
 Red Sea: (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Society islands. * Scorpaenodes steinitzi Klausewitz & Frøiland 1970   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Klausewitz & Frøiland 1970).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Frøiland 1972, as Scorpaenodes varipinnis); Saudi Arabia (Frøiland 1972, as Scorpaenodes varipinnis).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Scorpaenopsis barbata (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (El-Ganainy et al 2005, as Scorpaenopsis barbatus).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Scorpaenopsis gibbosa; Randall & Eschmeyer 2001), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Scorpaenopsis barbatus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Scorpaena gibbosa), Sudan (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Scorpaena barbata), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Scorpaenopsis gibbosa).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia to Persian Gulf.   
 Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier 1829)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (El-Ganainy et al 2005).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Society islands.   
 Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker 1849)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007, as Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus), Israel (Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan (Khalaf & Zajonz 2007, as Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea.   
 Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer 2001   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Scorpaenopsis cirrhosus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Scorpaena cirrhosa), Eritrea (Botros 1971, as Scorpaena cirrhosa).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Caroline and Marquesas Islands.   
 Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier 1829)   
 Gulf of Suez: New record (based on HUJ 5708, as identified by S. Poss).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines and New Guinea.   
 Scorpaenopsis vittapinna Randall & Eschmeyer 2001   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Eschmeyer 2001).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marquesas and Society islands.   
 Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker 1856)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Scorpaenopsis albobrunneus), Israel (Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Scorpaena aqabae), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Scorpaenopsis albobrunneus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Phoenix Islands (Kiribati).   
 Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Frøiland 1972, as Sebastapistes tristis), Israel (Frøiland 1972).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Scorpaena tristis and Sebastes strongia), Sudan (Frøiland 1972, as Sebastapistes tristis), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Kantapus oglinus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana, Gilbert, Marquesas and Gambier islands.
description: 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 pages 52-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566