Scaridae Rafinesque 1810
Creators: name: Golani, Daniel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Scaridae

description: SCARIDAE   Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes 1840)   
 Red Sea: Egypt (Haroun et al. 2017).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Debelius 2007), Eritrea (Baschieri-Salvadori 1954b, as Scarus muricatus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Bolbometopon muricatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll, Line and Gambier islands.   
 * Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell 1835)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bruce & Randall 1985), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Cryptotomus spinidens), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Callyodon viridescens), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Callyodon viridescens), Eritrea (Bruce & Randall 1985), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1835, as Scarus viridescens).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007), (Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel (Golani, 1997), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus pulchellus and P. pulchellus var. bicolor) Sudan (Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Scarus bicolor).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Chlorurus genazonatus (Randall & Bruce 1983)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus), Israel (Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Scarus genazonatus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Sudan (Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus), Saudi Arabia (Randall & Bruce 1983, as Scarus genazonatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 * Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell 1829)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Scarus gibbus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus gibbus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Scarus gibbus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus mentalis), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Scarus erythrodon), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus sordidus), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Callyodon erythrodon; Edwards & Rosewell 1981, as Scarus sordidus), Eritrea (Tortonese 1947a, as Scarus sordidus), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Callyodon erythrodon; Tortonese 1983, as Scarus sordidus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Indonesia.   
 Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Pseudoscarus harid). Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Rüppell 1829, as Scarus mastax; Martens 1867, as Scarus harid), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Pseudoscarus harid), Eritrea (Ben-Tuvia 1968, Clark et al. 1968), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Scarus mastax; Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus cyanurus; Roux-Estève 1956, as Callyodon harid).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Java.   
 Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Jordan (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus rubronotatus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Bruce & Randall 1985), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1835, as Scarus coeruleo-punctatus; Tortonese 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Ogasawara Islands and Pitcairn.   
 * Scarus collana Rüppell 1835   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus forskalii var. collana; Bebars 1978 as Scarus ghardaqensis), Sudan (Randall & Bruce 1983), Eritrea (Rüppell 1835).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Ormond 1978), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus coerulescens), Sudan (Edwards & Rosewell 1981; Randall & Bruce 1983), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber, as Pseudoscarus augustinus), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève 1956, as Callyodon dubius; Randall & Bruce 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf.   
 Scarus frenatus Lacepède 1802   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus sexvittatus), Sudan (Edwards & Rosewell 1981; Randall & Bruce 1983), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1835, as Scarus sexvittatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Ducie (Pitcairn Group).   
 Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger 1871)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Bruce 1983), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus forskalii var. fuscopurpureus), Sudan (Randall & Bruce 1983); Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estèce & Fourmanoir 1955, as Callyodon oktodon).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia, Persian Gulf.   
 Scarus ghobban Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Pseudoscarus ghobban).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Randall & Bruce 1983), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus ghoban), Sudan (Borodin 1930, as Pseudoscarus ghobban), Eritrea (Rüppell 1829), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama.   
Remark. Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (Goren & Aronov 2002).  
 Scarus niger Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Pseudoscarus niger).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus niger), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Pseudoscarus niger), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Pseudoscarus niger), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1835).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 Scarus psittacus Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Ormond 1978), Israel (Randall & Bruce 1983), Jordan (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Callyodon forskalii).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Pseudoscarus forskalii), Sudan (Randall & Ormond 1978), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935, as Callyodon psittacus), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus hertit).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands.   
 Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847   
 Red Sea: Egypt (Haroun et al. 2017).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 1994c).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama.   
 Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840, as Scarus pectoralis).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to western Indonesia.   
 Scarus viridifucatus (Smith 1956)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Yemen (Randall 1994c).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Bali.
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 131-133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566