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

description: BOTHIDAE   Arnoglossus arabicus Norman 1939   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Fricke et al. 2017d).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to southern Oman.   
 Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock 1889   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2017d), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Arnoglossus tapeinosoma).   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Dor 1970, as Arnoglossus tapeinosoma; Fricke et al. 2017d), Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen (Kotthaus 1977c, as Arnoglossus tapeinosoma).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to Japan, Philippines and New Guinea.   
 * Arnoglossus marisrubri Klausewitz & Schneider 1986   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz & Schneider 1986).   
 General distribution: Red sea endemic.   
 Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker 1865)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Chabanaud 1948).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Debelius 2007, as Asterhombus intermedius).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Arnoglossus intermedius).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Madagascar east to southern Japan and Tonga.   
 Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell 1830)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bayoumi 1972).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Rhomboidichthys pantherinus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Platophrys pantherinus), Eritrea (Kossmann & Räuber 1877, as Rhomboidichthys pantherinus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Rhombus pantherinus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Society islands.   
 Bothus tricirrhitus Kotthaus 1977   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Kotthaus 1977c).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel 1846)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (El-Ganainy et al 2005, as Engyprodopon grandisquamis).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Scaeops poecilura), Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Japan, Philippines and New Caledonia.   
 Engyprosopon hureaui Quèro & Golani 1990   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Quèro & Golani 1990).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Chabanaud 1943, as Engyprosopon maldivensis).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives; Ryukyu Islands; Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs (New Caledonia).   
 Engyprosopon latifrons (Regan 1908)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Philippines.   
 Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan 1908)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Hensley &Randall 1990).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Saint Brandon's Shoals east to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia.   
 * Laeops sinusarabici Chabanaud 1968   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Chabanaud 1968).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Dor 1970, as Laeops kitharae), Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 *Parabothus budkeri (Chabanaud 1943)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Chabanaud 1943, as Bothus budkeri).   
 General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.
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 172-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566