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

description: SYNGNATHIDAE   Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Duncker 1915).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010 as Acantronura tentaculata).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Bryx analicarens (Duncker 1915)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Dawson 1981a).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles and Madagascar to Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.   
 Choeroichthys valencienni Kaup 1856   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1976, as Choeroichthys brachysoma), Israel (Dawson 1976, as Choeroichthys brachysoma).   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Dawson 1976, as Choeroichthys brachysoma), Saudi Arabia (Lieske & Myers 2010).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Amirantes, Madagascar and western Mascarenes.   
 Remark: previous records of Choeroichthys brachysoma (non Bleeker 1855) are based on this species (see Kuiter 2009).   
 Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dawson 1977a).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1977a), Jordan (Paulus 1991).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Syngnathus flavofasciatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Corythoichthys fasciatus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Syngnathus flavofasciatus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Syngnathus flavofasciatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Indonesia.   
 Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald 1953   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1977a), Jordan (Paulus 1991).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Dawson 1977a).   
 General distribution: Red Sea; western Pacific: Eastern Indonesia east to Marshall and Society islands.   
 Remark: The Red Sea population possibly represents an undescribed, endemic species (see Kuiter 2009: 205, Corythoichthys sp. 12).   
 Corythoichthys schultzi Herald 1953   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani 1999; El-Ganainy et al 2005).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1977a), Jordan (Paulus 1991).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Dawson 1977a), Eritrea (Dawson 1977a).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tonga.   
 Cosmocampus banneri (Herald & Randall 1972)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Dawson 1985).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Fiji and Tonga.   
 Cosmocampus maxweberi (Whitley 1933)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Dawson 1980).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa.   
 Doryrhamphus abbreviatus Dawson 1981   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dawson 1981b, as Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Dawson 1981b, as Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Doryrhamphus excisus), Eritrea (Kaup 1856, as Doryrhamphus excisus), Saudi Arabia (Dawson 1981b, as Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Dunckerocampus boylei Kuiter 1998   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Acanthognathus dactyliophorus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Lieske & Myers 2010).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Amirantes and Mauritius east to Indonesia.   
 Dunckerocampus multiannulatus (Regan 1903)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1985), Israel (Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Dunckerocampus ben-tuviae), Jordan (Debelius 2007).   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Lieske & Myers 2010).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western Indonesia.   
 Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud 1929)   
 Red Sea: Egypt (Haroun et al. 2017).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Dawson 1985).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea.   
 Halicampus grayi Kaup 1856   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Southern Red Sea main basin: (Kuiter 2009).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden east to southern Japan and Philippines.   
 Halicampus macrorhynchus Bamber 1915   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bamber 1915).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Tortonese 1968, as Phanerotokeus macrorhynchus; Dawson 1985).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940, as Phanerotokeus gohari), Sudan (Bamber 1915).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Fiji.   
 Halicampus mataafae (Jordan & Seale 1906)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Dawson 1985); Eritrea (Dawson 1985).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Fiji.   
 Hippichthys cyanospilus (Bleeker 1854)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dollfus & Petit 1938, as Syngnathus cyanospilus).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dawson 1978).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940, as Syngnathus cyanospilus), Eritrea (Dawson 1978), Yemen (Dollfus & Petit 1938, as Syngnathus cyanospilus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Fiji.   
 Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Rüppell 1838, as Syngnathus spicifer).   
Gulf of Aqaba:  
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Syngnathus spicifer and S. tapeinosoma), Eritrea (Picaglia 1895, as Syngnathus tapeinosoma).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Caroline and Mariana islands, Samoa and Tonga.   
 * Hippocampus debelius Gomon & Kuiter 2009   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007, as Hippocampus lichtensteinii).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Gomon & Kuiter 2009).   
 General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.   
 * Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Duméril 1870).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fowler & Steinitz 1956, as Hippocampus kuda), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Hippocampus kuda).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Golani & Fine 2002).   
 Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger 1900   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Hippocampus aff. jayakari; Golani & Lerner 2007), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Hippocampus histrix).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940, as Hippocampus histrix), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Hippocampus histrix), Saudi Arabia (Debelius 2007).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East African east to Maldives.   
 Hippocampus suezensis Duncker 1940   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Duncker 1940).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman east to Pakistan.   
 Kyonemichthys rumengani Gomon 2007   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Bogorodsky et al. 2011a).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan to eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.   
 * Lissocampus bannwarthi (Duncker 1915)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Duncker 1915, as Ichthyocampus bannwarthi).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1977b), Israel (Fishelson 1995).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940, as Ichthyocampus bannwarthi).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker 1858)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dawson 1982; Golani 1999).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1982), Israel (Dawson 1982).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Dawson 1982), Saudi Arabia (Dawson 1982). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Mariana and Society islands.   
 Micrognathus brevirostris (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Norman 1927).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1982, as Micrognathus brevirostris brevirostris), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Syngnathus brevirostris), Sudan (Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Syngnathus brevirostris).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup 1856)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dawson 1977c).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1915, as Ichthyocampus belcheri).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines, Fiji and Tonga. Siokunichthys bentuviai Clark 1966   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dawson 1983).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Clark 1966; Dawson 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden east to Indonesia.   
 Siokunichthys herrei Herald 1953   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Clark 1966; Dawson 1983).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines.   
 Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch 1785)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dollfus & Petit 1938).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Dawson 1985).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gastrotokeus biaculeatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa.   
 * Syngnathus macrophthalmus Duncker 1915   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Duncker 1915).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Paulus 1992).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 * Syngnathus safina Paulus 1992   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Paulus 1992).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker 1857)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dollfus & Petit 1938, as Yozia bicoarctata erythraeensis; Dawson 1984).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dawson 1984), Israel (Tortonese 1968, as Yozia bicoarctata; Dawson 1984), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Duncker 1940, as Yozia bicoarctata).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and New Guinea.   
 Trachyrhamphus longirostris Kaup 1856   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Dawson 1984).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Philippines.
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 48-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566