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

description: HOLOCENTRIDAE   Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1903   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf et al. 1996).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Comoros and east to Hawaiian and Society islands.   
 Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani 1999).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Martens 1867), Sudan (Botros 1971), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena murdjan; see Fricke 2008).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to northern Hawaiian Islands, Samoa and Tonga.   
 Myripristis xanthacra Randall & Guézé 1981   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall & Guézé 1981), Eritrea (Randall & Guézé 1981).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Holocentrum sammara).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Debelius 2007), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a, as Holocentrum christianum; Martens 1867, as Holocentrus samara; Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum samara and Holocentrum platyrrhinum), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Holocentrum sammara), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Holocentrum sammara), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena sammara; see Fricke 2008).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Group.   
 Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan (Khalaf & Zajonz 2007).   
 Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1986).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman east to Indonesia and northern Australia.   
 * Ostichthys sufensis Golani 1984   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Golani 1984a, as Ostichthys hypsipterygion sufensis), Israel (Baranes & Golani 1993), Jordan (Ajiad 1987a, as Ostichthys hypsipterygion sufensis).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.   
 Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell 1838)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani 1999).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 1998), Israel (Randall 1998), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum caudimaculatum), Sudan (Randall 1998), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1967, as Holocentrus caudimaculatus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.   
 Sargocentron diadema (Lacepède 1802)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Randall 1998).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall & Heemstra 1985), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Holocenthrus diadema), Jordan (Bouchon et al. 1981, as Adioryx diadema; Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Holocentrum diadema), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Holocentrus diadema).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.   
 Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan & Fowler 1902)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: (Randall & Heemstra 1985, Randall 1998).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Seychelles east to southern Japan and Marquesas Islands.   
 Sargocentron macrosquamis Golani 1984   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 1998).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Golani 1984).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago.   
 Sargocentron marisrubri Randall, Golani & Diamant 1989   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Randall et al. 1989), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Randall et al. 1989).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Remark: Red Sea records of Sargocentron melanospilus (non Bleeker 1858) are based on this species (see Randall et al. 1989).   
 Sargocentron punctatissimum (Cuvier 1829)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Golani, 1999).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952, as Holocentrum lacteoguttatum; Randall 1998), Israel (Randall & Heemstra 1985).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985, as Sargocentron lacteoguttatum; Randall 1998), Sudan (Randall 1998), Saudi Arabia (Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955, as Holocentrum lacteo-guttatum).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island.   
 Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Gruvel & Chabanaud 1937, as Holocentrum rubrum).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Holocenthrus ruber), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Holocentrum rubrum), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Holocentrus ruber), Eritrea (Picaglia 1895, as Holocentrum rubrum), Saudi Arabia (Tortonese 1983, as Adioryx ruber), Yemen (Randall 1998).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Tonga.   
 Remark: Lessepsian migrant into eastern Mediterranean (see Ben-Tuvia 1966, as Holocentrum rubrum).   
 Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Randall 1998).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Randall 1998), Jordan (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955, as Holocentrum spiniferum).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829a, as Holocentrum spiniferum), Sudan (Botros 1971, as Holocentrum spiniferum), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Sciaena spinifera; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.
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 45-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566