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

description: BLENNIIDAE   * Adelotremus leptus Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 * Alloblennius jugularis (Klunzinger 1871)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Blennius jugularis), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Glyptoparus jugularis).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Alloblennius pictus (Lotan 1970)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971), Israel (Lotan 1970, as Rhabdoblennius pictus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Springer et al. 1988), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Rhabdoblennius pictus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 * Alticus magnusi Klausewitz 1964   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Alticus kirkii).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias tridactylus; Klausewitz 1964, as Lophalticus kirkii magnusi), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Salarias kirkii), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1964, as Lophalticus kirkii magnusi).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 Antennablennius adenensis Fraser-Brunner 1951   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Bath 1983).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to Pakistan.   
 Antennablennius australis Fraser-Brunner 1951   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Lotan 1970; Bath 1983).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa south to Port Elizabeth (South Africa), east to Madagascar.   
 Antennablennius hypenetes (Klunzinger 1871)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bath 1983), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Blennius hypenetes), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Blennius hypenetus), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Blennius hypenetus), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Blennius hypenetes), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Rhabdoblennius hypenetes), Yemen (Bath 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.   
 Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz 1976), Sudan (Smith-Vaniz 1976).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Society Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 Aspidontus tractus Fowler 1903   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz 1976, as Aspidontus taeniatus tractus), Jordan (Khalaf & Kochzius 2002, as Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Petroscirtes filamentosus; Smith-Vaniz 1976, as Aspidontus taeniatus tractus), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Aspidontus taeniatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa east to Mascarenes.   
 Atrosalarias fuscus (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Lotan 1970), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Atrosalarias fuscus fuscus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968), Eritrea (Rüppell 1838, as Salarias fuscus) (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, as Salarias ruficaudus; Kossmann & Räuber, as Salarias niger; Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968), Saudi Arabia (Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1968).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands.   
 Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Lotan 1970, as Istiblennius biseriatus), Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Istiblennius periophthalmus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias cyanostigma), Sudan (Springer & Williams 1994), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Istiblennius biseriatus; Springer & Williams 1994), Yemen (Springer & Williams 1994).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Gambier islands.   
 Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Kimmerling et al. 2017, as Cirripectes stigmaticus), Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Cirripectes variolosus), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Cirripectes sebae), Jordan (Khalaf & Kochzius 2002).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Salarias sebae), Sudan (Williams 1988), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Cirripectes variolosus), Saudi Arabia (Botros 1971, as Salarias sebae; Williams 1988).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Samoa and Tonga.   
 Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne & Macleay 1877)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Williams 1988), Yemen (Williams 1988).   
 General distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and Solomon Islands.   
 * Ecsenius aroni Springer 1971   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Springer 1971), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971), Sudan (Debelius 2007).   
 General distribution: Red Sea endemic.   
 * Ecsenius dentex Springer 1988   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Klausewitz 1960c, as Ecsenius nalolo; Springer 1988), Israel (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius nalolo; Springer 1988), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Ecsenius nalolo).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971, as Ecsenius nalolo; Springer 1988).   
 General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.   
 Ecsenius frontalis (Valenciennes 1836)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Springer 1971).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius frontalis and E. albicaudatus), Israel (Lotan 1970), Jordan (Khalaf & Kochzius 2002).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1960c), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Salarias frontalis), Eritrea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, as Salarias frontalis; Rüppell 1838, as Salarias nigrovittatus; Springer 1971), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin 1906)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Springer 1971).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Springer 1971), Israel (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius klausewitzii), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971), Sudan (Springer 1988), Eritrea (Lotan 1970, as Ecsenius klausewitzii; Springer 1988), Saudi Arabia (Springer 1988).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Ecsenius midas Starck 1969   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Springer 1971), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Springer 1971), Sudan (Springer 1988).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan and Marquesas Islands.   
 Ecsenius nalolo Smith 1959   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Springer 1971), Eritrea (Springer 1971), Saudi Arabia (Springer 1988), Yemen (Springer 1988).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago.   
 Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger 1871)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Petroscitres kraussii), Sudan (Springer 1972), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Comoros east to Mariana Islands and Tonga.   
 Enchelyurus petersi (Kossmann & Räuber 1877)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Springer 1972).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Springer 1972).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Eritrea (Gallotti 1973, as Cruantus petersi).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 * Entomacrodus solus Williams & Bogorodsky 2010   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Williams & Bogorodsky 2010).   
 General distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic.   
 Exallias brevis (Kner 1868)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fishelson 1995), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).
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 136-139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566