BALISTIDAE Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous [Lacepède] 1798) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Baranes 2005), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes stellatus; Sanzo 1930, as Balistes lineatus), Eritrea (Rüppell 1829, as Balistes stellatus; Sanzo 1930, as Balistes lineatus), Saudi Arabia (Bogorodsky et al. 2014b), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998, as Abalistis stellatus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau, Fiji and Tonga. Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia 1955), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes undulatus), Sudan (Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Eritrea (Tortonese 1947a), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Balistes lineatus; Roux-Estève 1956). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line and Marquesas islands and Tuamotu Archipelago. Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes viridescens), Sudan (Edwards & Rosewell 1981), Eritrea (Rüppell 1829, as Balistes viridescens), Saudi Arabia (Botros 1971, as Balistes viridescens). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group. Canthidermis macrolepis (Boulenger 1888) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Baranes 2005). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Eritrea (Tortonese 1956, as Canthidermis longirostris). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and southern Oman. Odonus niger (Rüppell 1836) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Zenodon erythrodon), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes erythrodon), Eritrea (Botros 1971, as Balistes niger), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1837, as Xenodon niger). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Marquesas and Society islands. Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1829) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes flavimarginatus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Balistes flavimarginatus), Eritrea (Tortonese 1956), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Balistes flavimarginatus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands east to Tuamotu Archipelago. Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Balistes fuscus). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Xanthichthys fuscus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes fuscus), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Balistes fuscus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1829, as Balistes caerulescens; Rüppell 1837, as Balistes rivulatus). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago. Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Balistes assasi). Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Marshall 1952), Israel (Ben-Tuvia & Steinitz 1952, as Rhinecanthus verrucosus), Jordan (Bouchon et al. 1981). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes assasi), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Balistes assasi), Eritrea (Giglioli 1889, as Balistes assasi), Saudi Arabia (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775, as Balistes assasi; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf. Sufflamen albicaudatum (Rüppell 1829) Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010 as Sufflamen albicaudatus), Israel (Tortonese 1968, as Sufflamen albicaudatus), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997, as Sufflamen albicaudatus). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Balistes niger), Saudi Arabia (Debelius 2007), Eritrea (Rüppell 1829, as Balistes albicaudatus). General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf. Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille 1804) Red Sea: Egypt (Haroun et al. 2017). Gulf of Suez: ¯ Gulf of Aqaba: ¯ Red Sea main basin: (Randall 2005). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group.