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Checklist
of Endemic Marine Fish Species FishBase 2004 (2004) . For
further
details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources &
Caveats . FishBase
2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center -
Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May
2004. The
current version of this electronic database is accessible here .
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another
country outside normal stated range (these vary widely in reliability
from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Gymnapogon melanogaster (Apogonidae)
Didogobius bentuvii (Gobiidae) Ben-Tuvia's Goby
Opua elati (Gobiidae)
Priolepis goldshmidtae (Gobiidae)
Panturichthys fowleri OC (Heterenchelyidae)
Cirrhilabrus blatteus (Labridae) Purple-boned Wrasse
Heteronarce bentuviai (Narcinidae) Elat Electric Ray
Canthigaster pygmaea OC (Tetraodontidae) Pygmy Toby
Additional endemic marine fish species that were not included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This
list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here ) and includes species described through 2008.
In addition to the 8 endemic marine fish species listed above, these
additional 2 species total 10 species of marine fishes known solely from Israel and Palestine .
Vanderhorstia opercularis (Gobiidae) 2007
Gymnothorax baranesi (Muraenidae) 2008