OPHICHTHIDAE Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker 1857) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Nemtzov et al. 1987; McCosker & Randall 2001), Jordan (Debelius 2007). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines and New Guinea. Callechelys catostoma (Schneider & Forster 1801) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys melanotaenia). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Austral islands. Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1853) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), (Jordan (Khalaf 2004). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1969a). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Society and Marquesas islands. Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther 1870) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys arenicola; Fricke et al. 2015d), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Ophichthys arenicola). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands. * Mixomyrophis longidorsalis Hibino, Kimura & Golani 2015 Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Hibino et al. 2015). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857 Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Muraenichthys schultzii), Eritrea (Gallotti 1973, as Muraenichthys schultzii). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago. Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys colubrinus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago (but not Hawaiian Islands). Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier 1816) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys maculosus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Muraena tigrina; Tortonese 1983), Yemen (Picaglia 1894, as Gymnomuraena tigrina). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama (except for Hawaiian Islands). Myrophis microchir (Bleeker 1864) Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus; Golani 1999). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and Marquesas Islands. *Neenchelys microtretus Bamber 1915 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bamber 1915). Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Gulf of Suez endemic. Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona 1928) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (McCosker et al. 1993), Jordan (Khalaf 2004). Red Sea main basin: Yemen (D'Ancona 1928, as Leptocephalus echeloides). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder 1901) Red Sea: (Dor 1970, as Ophichthus retifer). Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Debelius 2007, as Ophichthus retifer). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa; China and Taiwan to southern Japan. Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer 1970 Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (McCosker 1975). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands. Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline 1951 Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith et al. 2015). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Society islands. Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dor & Palmer 1977), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to French Polynesia. Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker 1857) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Muraenichthys gymnotus). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Muraenichthys gymnotus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Group. Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley 1987) Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Hibino & Kimura 2015). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980, as Muraenichthys erythraeensis), Israel (Bauchot & Maugé 1980, as Muraenichthys erythraeensis). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Fiji and Tonga. Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897) Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980) Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980), Israel (Bauchot & Maugé 1980). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Hibino & Kimura 2015). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Pitcairn Group. Skythrenchelys macrostomus (Bleeker 1864) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Castle & McCosker 1999, as Skythrenchelys lentiginosa). General distribution: Red Sea, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Philippines to Samoa. Remark. Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle & McCosker 1999 is a junior synonym of S. macrostomus (Bleeker 1864) (see Hibino et al. 2013). * Suculentophichthys nasus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani 2015 Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2015d). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith 1962) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2015d). Red Sea main basin: ¯ General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar; Andaman Islands; Indonesia east to Palau, Marshall and Marquesas islands. Yirrkala tenuis (Günther 1870) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fricke et al. 2015d), Israel (Dor & Palmer 1977, as Pantonora tenuis). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fricke et al. 2015d). General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa, western Mascarenes.

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 27-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566