List of fishes of the Red Sea explained
The Red Sea is known for its richness and biodiversity.
Deepwater species
See main article: List of deep water fish of the Red Sea.
- Ambassidae
- Ambassis gymnocephalus, bald glassy
- Ambassis urotaenia, banded-tail glassy perchlet
- Apistidae
- Aploactinidae
- Cocotropus steinitzi
- Ptarmus gallus
- Apogonidae
- Apogon gularis
- Apogon hungi
- Apogon micromaculatus
- Apogon quadrifasciatus, twostripe cardinal
- Apogon smithi, Smith's cardinalfish
- Apogon spongicolus
- Cheilodipterus novemstriatus, Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish
- Cheilodipterus pygmaios
- Siphamia permutata
- Ariidae
- Ariommatidae
- Balistidae
- Batrachoididae
- Belonidae
- Blenniidae
- Alloblennius jugularis, jugular blenny
- Alloblennius pictus
- Alticus kirkii, Kirk's blenny
- Alticus saliens, leaping blenny
- Antennablennius adenensis, Aden blenny
- Antennablennius australis, moustached rockskipper
- Antennablennius hypenetes, Arabian blenny
- Ecsenius dentex
- Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos, fringelip rockskipper
- Hirculops cornifer, highbrow rockskipper
- Istiblennius flaviumbrinus
- Istiblennius pox, scarface rockskipper
- Istiblennius unicolor, pallid rockskipper
- Omobranchus fasciolatus, Arab blenny
- Omobranchus steinitzi
- Parablennius cyclops
- Petroscirtes ancylodon, Arabian fangblenny
- Xiphasia matsubarai, Japanese snake blenny
- Xiphasia setifer, hairtail blenny
- Bothidae
- Bothus myriaster, Indo-Pacific oval flounder
- Bothus tricirrhitus
- Engyprosopon hureaui, Hureau's flounder
- Engyprosopon latifrons
- Engyprosopon macrolepis
- Engyprosopon maldivensis, olive wide-eyed flounder
- Callionymidae
- Caproidae
- Carcharhinidae
- Congridae
- Creediidae
- Limnichthys nitidus, sand submarine
- Cynoglossidae
- Cyprinodontidae
- Dactylopteridae
- Dactyloptena peterseni, starry flying gurnard
- Dasyatidae
- Gerreidae
- Gobiesocidae
- Gobiidae
- Amblyeleotris triguttata, triplespot shrimpgoby
- Amblygobius magnusi
- Amoya signatus, tusk goby
- Arcygobius baliurus
- Callogobius amikami
- Callogobius dori
- Callogobius flavobrunneus, slimy goby
- Coryogalops anomolus, anomalous goby
- Coryphopterus humeralis
- Cryptocentroides arabicus, Arabian goby
- Favonigobius reichei, Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby
- Fusigobius maximus
- Gobius koseirensis
- Gobius leucomelas
- Hetereleotris diademata
- Hetereleotris vulgaris, common goby
- Opua elati
- Pleurosicya prognatha
- Pomatoschistus marmoratus, marbled goby
- Psilogobius randalli
- Silhouettea aegyptia, Red Sea goby
- Silhouettea chaimi
- Silhouettea insinuans, phantom goby
- Trimma filamentosus
- Gymnuridae
- Gymnura poecilura, longtail butterfly ray
- Haemulidae
- Plectorhinchus faetela
- Pomadasys argenteus, silver grunt
- Pomadasys hasta
- Pomadasys multimaculatum, cock grunter
- Pomadasys punctulatus, lined grunt
- Hemigaleidae
- Holocentridae
- Kraemeriidae
- Labridae
- Cheilinus abudjubbe
- Pteragogus pelycus, sideburn wrasse
- Suezichthys caudavittatus, spottail wrasse
- Suezichthys russelli, Russell's wrasse
- Xyrichtys bimaculatus, two-spot razorfish
- Xyrichtys javanicus
- Xyrichtys niger
- Leiognathidae
- Gazza minuta, toothpony
- Leiognathus berbis, Berber ponyfish
- Leiognathus bindus, orangefin ponyfish
- Leiognathus elongatus, slender ponyfish
- Leiognathus equulus, common ponyfish
- Leiognathus fasciatus, striped ponyfish
- Leiognathus klunzingeri
- Leiognathus leuciscus, whipfin ponyfish
- Leiognathus lineolatus, ornate ponyfish
- Leiognathus splendens, splendid ponyfish
- Secutor insidiator, pugnose ponyfish
- Secutor ruconius, deep pugnose ponyfish
- Liparidae
- Lophiidae
- Lutjanidae
- Malacanthidae
- Microdesmidae
- Paragunnellichthys springeri
- Brachaluteres baueri
- Paraluteres arqat
- Paramonacanthus frenatus, wedgetail filefish
- Paramonacanthus oblongus, hair-finned filefish
- Paramonacanthus pusillus
- Stephanolepis diaspros, reticulated leatherjacket
- Mugilidae
- Liza macrolepis, largescale mullet
- Liza subviridis, greenback mullet
- Liza tade, Tade mullet
- Valamugil cunnesius, longarm mullet
- Mullidae
- Upeneus pori, Por's goatfish
- Upeneus sulphureus, sulphur goatfish
- Muraenesocidae
- Muraenidae
- Narcinidae
- Heteronarce bentuviai, Elat electric ray
- Nemipteridae
- Nettastomatidae
- Ophichthidae
- Ophidiidae
- Ophidion smithi
- Sirembo jerdoni, brown-banded cusk-eel
- Opistognathidae
- Paralichthyidae
- Pempheridae
- Pinguipedidae
- Platycephalidae
- Grammoplites suppositus, spotfin flathead
- Platycephalus micracanthus
- Rogadius asper, olive-tailed flathead
- Rogadius pristiger, thorny flathead
- Sorsogona prionota, blackblotch flathead
- Plesiopidae
- Plesiops mystaxus, moustache longfin
- Polynemidae
- Pomacentridae
- Priacanthidae
- Pristidae
- Psettodidae
- Pseudochromidae
- Ptereleotridae
- Rhinobatidae
- Scott Salmon
- Samaridae
- Samaris cristatus, cockatoo righteye flounder
- Scorpaenidae
- Serranidae
- Soleidae
- Aseraggodes sinusarabici
- Aseraggodes steinitzi
- Brachirus orientalis, Oriental sole
- Solea elongata, elongate sole
- Synaptura commersonnii, Commerson's sole
- Sparidae
- Synanceiidae
- Choridactylus multibarbus, orangebanded stingfish
- Minous coccineus, onestick stingfish
- Minous inermis, Alcock's scorpionfish
- Minous monodactylus, grey stingfish
- Synanceia nana, Red Sea stonefish
- Syngnathidae
- Synodontidae
- Terapontidae
- Tetraodontidae
- Tetrarogidae
- Torpedinidae
- Triakidae
- Trichonotidae
- Triglidae
- Tripterygiidae
- Uranoscopidae
- Uranoscopus bauchotae
- Uranoscopus dahlakensis
- Uranoscopus dollfusi, Dollfus' stargazer
- Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus
- Uranoscopus guttatus
- Uranoscopus oligolepis
- Alopiidae
- Belonidae
- Bregmacerotidae
- Carangidae
- Chirocentridae
- Clupeidae
- Coryphaenidae
- Echeneidae
- Elopidae
- Engraulidae
- Exocoetidae
- Hemiramphidae
- Euleptorhamphus viridis, ribbon halfbeak
- Hemiramphus marginatus, yellowtip halfbeak
- Hyporhamphus xanthopterus, red-tipped halfbeak
- Istiophoridae
- Lactariidae
- Leiognathidae
- Leiognathus oblongus, oblong ponyfish
- Malacanthidae
- Molidae
- Monodactylidae
- Mugilidae
- Myliobatidae
- Rhincodontidae
- Rhincodon typus, whale shark
- Scombridae
- Auxis rochei rochei, bullet tuna
- Auxis thazard thazard, frigate tuna
- Euthynnus affinis, kawakawa
- Katsuwonus pelamis, skipjack tuna
- Rastrelliger kanagurta, Indian mackerel
- Sarda orientalis, striped bonito
- Scomber japonicus, chub mackerel
- Scomberomorus commerson, narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
- Thunnus albacares, yellowfin tuna
- Thunnus tonggol, longtail tuna
- Serranidae
- Sphyraenidae
- Xiphiidae
Reef-associated species
See main article: List of reef fish of the Red Sea.
See also
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