Table 2 Selected literature on diversity and distribution of central and eastern Red Sea elasmobranchs.

Northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba

Goldshmidt et al.³⁸

Fishing gear

Central Red Sea (Jeddah)

Clarke et al.³⁹

Acoustic tag

Central Red Sea (Jeddah)

Clarke et al.⁴⁰

UVC

Central Red Sea (Al Lith/Qunfudah)

Braun et al.⁴¹

Acoustic and satellite tag

Northern, Central and Southern Red Sea

Spaet et al.¹⁸

BRUV and Longline

Central Red Sea

Kattan et al.⁴²

Underwater visual census

Central Red Sea (Thuwal)

Arostegui et al.⁴³

Satellite tag

Central Red Sea (Thuwal)

McIvor et al.⁴⁴

UAV and BRUV

Northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba

Garzon et al.^21,45

BRUV, Aerial, Opportunistic, submersible and ROV

Northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba

Williams et al.⁴⁵

BRUV

Central Red Sea (Al Lith/Qunfudah)

Cochran et al.⁴⁶

Acoustic and satellite tag

Central Red Sea (Al Lith/Qunfudah)

Berumen et al.⁴⁷

Satellite tag

Central Red Sea

Spaet et al.⁴⁸

Satellite tag

Central Red Sea (Suakin Trough, Sudan)

Pearce et al.⁴⁹

BRUV