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

description: GOBIIDAE   Remark: A record of Eviota prasites (non Jordan & Seale 1906) by Debelius (2007) needs verification.   
 Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock 1979   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Jaafar & Randall 2009), Saudi Arabia (Randall 1994c).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Islands.   
 * Amblyeleotris neglecta Jaafar & Randall 2009   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Jaafar & Randall 2009).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.   
 Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz 1974)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Klausewitz 1974a, as Cryptocentrus steinitzi), Israel (Karplus 1979; Jaafar & Randall 2009), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Jaafar & Randall 2009). Saudi Arabia (Debelius 2007).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa.   
 Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz 1969)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007; Jaafar & Randall 2009), Israel (Goren 1979b, as Cryptocentrus sungami), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan (Klausewitz 1969b, as Cryptocentrus sungami). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Sri Lanka.   
 Amblyeleotris triguttata Randall 1994   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris periophthalmus), Saudi Arabia (Randall 1994a), Yemen (Randall 1994a).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.   
 Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock 1977)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall & Jaafar 2009), Yemen (Randall 1994c).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands.   
 Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979b).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Goren 1979b), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albomaculatus), Sudan (Botros 1971; Goren 1979b), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius albimaculatus; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius quinqueocellatus), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Gobius albomaculatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines.   
 Amblygobius esakiae Herre 1939   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 1994c).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea.   
 Amblygobius nocturnus (Herre 1945)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1978b, as Ctenogobiops klausewitzi)   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Amblygobius klausewitzi), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Ctenogobius klausewitzi).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands.   
 Amblygobius sewardii (Playfair 1867)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Amblycentrus magnusi).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1968a, as Biat magnusi).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa.   
 Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: southern Red Sea (Allen & Erdmann 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea.   
 Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Shibukawa et al. 2010), Saudi Arabia (Shibukawa et al. 2010).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline and Solomon Islands.   
 Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Gnatholepis baliurus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Indonesia east to Ryukyu Islands and Philippines.   
 Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Asterropteryx semipunctatus), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Asterropterix semipunctatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1978c), Israel (Goren 1978c), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius albopunctatus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Gobius albopunctatus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius albopunctatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Samoa.   
 Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Gobius nebulopunctatus; Goren 1978c, as Bathygobius fuscus and B. fishelsoni).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Gobius fuscus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius nebulopunctatus), Eritrea (Picaglia 1895, as Gobius nebulopunctatus; Clark et al. 1968).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas and Gambier islands.   
 Bryaninops discus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Suzuki et al. 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Bryaninops loki Larson 1985   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Suzuki et al. 2012).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Suzuki et al. 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Ryukyu and Line islands.   
 Bryaninops natans Larson 1985   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Larson 1985), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Madagascar east to Marshall and Cook islands.   
 Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1984a, as Lobulogobius bentuviai; Larson 1985).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tonga.   
 * Bryaninops spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Suzuki et al. 2012).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 1994c, as Bryaninops erythrops; Suzuki et al. 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Bryaninops tigris Larson 1985   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Suzuki et al. 2012).   
 General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Society islands.   
 Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Goren & Diamant 1983, as Tenacigobius yongei).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands.   
 * Cabillus nigrostigmus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013).   
 General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.   
 Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Goren et al. 1991).   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman.   
 Callogobius clarkae (Goren 1978)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1978b, as Drombus clarki).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius clarki).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Callogobius clarki), Sudan (Delbenthal & Mooi 2014, as Callogobius clarki), Eritrea (Delventhal & Mooi 2014, Delventhal et al. 2016, as Callogobius clarki), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016, as Callogobius clarki).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Remark: Red Sea records of Callogobius bifasciatus (non Smith 1958) are based on this species (see Delventhal & Mooi 2014).   
 Callogobius dori Goren 1980   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1980).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Goren 1980), Eritrea (Delventhal et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles.   
 Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Goren 1980).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Delventhal et al. 2016), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Mucogobius flavobrunneus), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Chagos Archipelago.   
 * Callogobius pilosimentum Delventhal, Mooi, Bogorodsky & Mal 2016   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Delventhal et al. 2016).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Drombus irrasus; Delventhal et al. 2016), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Callogobius irrasus; Delventhal et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia (Delventhal et al. 2016).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner 1897)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Delventhal et al. 2016).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marquesas and Gambier islands.   
 Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis), Israel (Goren 1979a, as Coryogalops sufensis). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Coryogalops sufensis; Kovačić et al. 2014), Eritrea (Clark 1968).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Persian Gulf.   
 * Coryogalops guttatus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2014b).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 * Coryogalops nanus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2016   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2016).   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2016).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 * Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman 1927)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Norman 1927, as Gobius ocheticus; Miller 1978, as Monishia ochetica).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae), Israel (Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1975, as Cabillus anchialinae), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Monishia anchialinae).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007).   
 * Coryogalops pseudomonospilus Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Kovačić & Bogorodsky in Kovačić et al. 2014b).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Amblyacentrus arabicus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Gobius arabicus), Eritrea (Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius bimaculatus; Giglioli 1889, as Gobius arabicus), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Gobius anguillaris; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf.   
 Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1964), Sudan (Goren 1979b), Eritrea (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius caeruleopunctatus; Valenciennes [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius pavoninus), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1960b).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Remark: Lessepsian migrant into the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Rothman and Goren, 2015).   
 Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Goren 1979b).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1960b), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, as Gobius cryptocentrus), Saudi Arabia (Botros 1971, as Gobius cryptocentrus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Chagos Archipelago.   
 Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair 1867)   
 Red Sea: (Randall 1995b).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to New Britain.   
 Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz 1960   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1960b).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Persian Gulf.   
 Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall et al. 2003, as Ctenogobiops maculosus; Kovačić et al. 2011), Israel (Goren 1979b), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Ctenogobiops maculosus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Michiels et al. 2008, as Ctenogobiops maculosus; Kovačić et al. 2011), Sudan (Randall et al. 2003, as Ctenogobiops maculosus; Kovačić et al. 2011).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea.   
 Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin 1977   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Lubbock & Polunin 1977).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and Solomon Islands.   
 Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Freinschlag & Patzner 2012), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Kovačić et al. 2011), Saudi Arabia (Fourmanoir in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Cryptocentroides maculosus), Eritrea (Clark et al. 1968).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and New Guinea.   
 Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Hoese & Fourmanoir 1978).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale 1906   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Clark 1968, as Eviota stigmapteron; Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 * Eviota geminata Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al. 2014).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Eviota guttata Lachner & Karnella 1978   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Brokovich et al. 2008), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016), Eritrea (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to western Indonesia.   
 * Eviota oculopiperita Greenfield & Bogorodsky 2014   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Greenfield & Bogorodsky in Greenfield et al. 2014).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Eviota pardalota Lachner & Karnella 1978   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.   
 Eviota prasina (Klunzinger 1871)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Eleotris prasimus; Brokovich et al. 2008, as Eviota pencees), Jordan (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Eleotris prasinus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Eleotris prasinus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau and Tuamotu Islands.   
 Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez & Erdmann 2016   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978, as Eviota sebreei; Tornabene et al. 2016), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Eviota sebreei).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Eviota sebreei).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles and Comoros east to Ryukyu Islands and eastern Indonesia.   
 Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella 1978   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Israel (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Sudan (Lachner & Karnella 1978), Saudi Arabia (Lachner & Karnella 1978).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Fiji and Tonga.   
 Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan (Goren 1980, as Acentrogobius belissimus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Solomon Islands and Samoa.   
 Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bogorodsky et al. 2011b, as Papillogobius melanobranchus).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1978b, as Silhouettea chaimi; Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus), Israel (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013a, as Papillogobius melanobranchus).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.   
 Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Kovačić & Golani 2007, as Papillogobius melanobranchus).   
 Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1853)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1989, as Oplopomus reichei).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea.   
 Feia nympha Smith 1959   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Bogorodsky et al. 2010), Saudi Arabia (Kovačić et al. 2016).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia.   
 Fusigobius humeralis (Randall 2001)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis), Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus humeralis).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to French Polynesia.   
 Fusigobius longispinus Goren 1978   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Hoese & Reader 1985), Israel (Goren 1978b), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands.   
 Fusigobius maximus (Randall 2001)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 2001, as Coryphopterus maximus).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and New Caledonia.   
 Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Coryphopterus neophytus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus), Sudan (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Fusigobius neophytus africanus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands.   
 Gladiogobius rex Shibukawa & Allen 2007   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Gladiogobius ensifer).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Aldabra east to western Indonesia.   
 Remark: The Red Sea record of Gladiogobius ensifer (non Herre 1933) is based on G. rex (see Shibukawa & Allen 2007).   
 Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Goren 1979b).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Society Islands.   
 Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Greenfield 2001, Larson & Buckle 2012), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis; Golani & Lerner 2007), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Randall & Greenfield 2001, Larson & Buckle 2012), Sudan (Randall & Greenfield 2001), Yemen (Larson & Buckle 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle 2012   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis; Larson & Buckle 2012), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Acentrogobius kauerensis).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis; Larson & Buckle 2012), Sudan (Larson & Buckle 2012), Eritrea (Goren 1979b, as Acentrogobius cauerensis, Larson & Buckle 2012), Yemen (Larson & Buckle 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf.   
 Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Taiwan.   
 * Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013), Yemen (Herler et al. 2013).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Shpigel, 1997), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870), Sudan (Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Gobius citrinus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Samoa and Tonga.   
 Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013), Saudi Arabia (Herler et al. 2013).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Ryukyu Islands.   
 Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Samoa.   
 * Gobiodon irregularis Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Herler et al. 2013), Eritrea (Herler et al. 2013), Saudi Arabia (Herler et al. 2013). General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Gobiodon prolixus Winterbottom & Harold 2005   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Bogorodsky et al. 2010).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Madagascar and Rodrigues (Mascarenes) east to Tuamoutu Islands.   
 Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair 1867   
 Gulf of Suez: (Botros 1971).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Brokovich et al. 2008), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Bamber 1915), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Gobiodon punctatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf; Chagos Archipelago.   
 Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Gobiodon quinquestriagatus).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Gobiodon quinquestrigatus; Herler & Hilgers 2005), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Rüppell 1830, as Gobius rivulatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Gobiodon ceramensis), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands.   
 Gobius cobitis Pallas 1811   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Goren & Klausewitz 1978).
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 146-155, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566