Reinstatement of Minous inermis and M. trachycephalus (Synanceiidae) to the checklist of Red Sea fishes, with comments on M. monodactylus

• Published in: Marine biodiversity Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 1287 - 1291
• Main Authors: Matsunuma, Mizuki, Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Mal, Ahmad O., Ando, Yukino, Motomura, Hiroyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-12-2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Check lists; Fish; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Jaw; Life Sciences; Marine fishes; Minous inermis; Museums; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Red Sea Biodiversity; Small mammals; Synanceiidae; Saudi Arabia; Red Sea; Eritrea; Distribution; Synanceiidae
• ISSN: 1867-1616; 1867-1624
• DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0716-1

Records of the stingfish genus
Minous
(family Synanceiidae) from the Red Sea are reviewed. Although excluded from the recent checklist of fishes from that region, both
Minous inermis
Alcock 1889 and
Minous trachycephalus
(Bleeker 1855) are reported from the Red Sea, on the basis of two and seven voucher specimens, respectively. On the other hand, the record of
Minous monodactylus
(Bloch and Schneider 1801) from the Red Sea is considered erroneous, the original source of this record having been based on a misidentification of
Minous coccineus
Alcock 1890. Accordingly, only
M. coccineus
,
M. inermis
and
M. trachycephalus
are confirmed from Red Sea waters.