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Zootaxa 4509 (1): 001–215 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2018 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9D80FE28-D378-4C7D-87D7-380F6B583BC1 ZOOTAXA 4509 Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants DANIEL GOLANI1 & RONALD FRICKE2 1National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. E-mail: [email protected] 2Im Ramstal 76, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by W. Holleman: 3 Jul. 2018; published: 5 Nov. 2018 DANIEL GOLANI & RONALD FRICKE Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants (Zootaxa 4509) 215 pp.; 30 cm. 5 Nov. 2018 ISBN 978-1-77670-514-6 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77670-515-3 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2018 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/j/zt © 2018 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 4509 (1) © 2018 Magnolia Press GOLANI & FRICKE Table of contents Abstract . 5 Introduction . 6 Materials and methods . 7 Species accounts . 7 ODONTASPIDIDAE . 7 LAMNIDAE . 8 ALOPIIDAE . 8 GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE . 8 STEGOSTOMATIDAE. 8 RHINCODONTIDAE . 10 CARCHARHINIDAE . 10 TRIAKIDAE . 12 HEMIGALEIDAE . 13 SPHYRNIDAE . 13 SOMNIOSIDAE . 13 PRISTIDAE . 13 NARCINIDAE . 14 TORPEDINIDAE . 14 RHINOBATIDAE . 14 DASYATIDAE . 15 RHINOPTERIDAE . 17 GYMNURIDAE . 17 AETOBATIDAE . 17 MYLIOBATIDAE . 17 MOBULIDAE . 18 ELOPIDAE . 18 MEGALOPIDAE . 19 ALBULIDAE . 19 HALOSAURIDAE . 19 CHLOPSIDAE . 19 MURAENIDAE . 19 MURAENESOCIDAE . 24 CONGRIDAE . 24 NETTASTOMATIDAE . 26 OPHICHTHIDAE . 27 SYNAPHOBRACHIDAE . 29 CLUPEIDAE. ..

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