List of fishes of the Red Sea
The Red Sea is known for its richness and biodiversity.
[Demersal] species
- Ambassidae
- *Ambassis gymnocephalus, bald glassy
- *Ambassis urotaenia, banded-tail glassy perchlet
- Apistidae
- *Apistus carinatus, ocellated waspfish
- 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
- *Arius thalassinus, giant seacatfish
- Ariommatidae
- *Ariomma dollfusi
- Balistidae
- *Abalistes stellaris, starry triggerfish
- Batrachoididae
- *Thalassothia cirrhosa
- Belonidae
- *Tylosurus choram, Red Sea houndfish
- *Tylosurus crocodilus
- **T. c. crocodilus, hound needlefish
- 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
- *Callionymus bentuviai
- *Callionymus erythraeus, smallhead dragonet
- *Callionymus filamentosus, blotchfin dragonet
- *Callionymus gardineri, longtail dragone
- *Callionymus marleyi, sand dragonet
- *Callionymus muscatensis, Muscat dragonet
- *Callionymus oxycephalus
- *Diplogrammus infulatus, sawspine dragonet
- *Diplogrammus randalli
- *Synchiropus sechellensis
- Caproidae
- *Antigonia indica
- Carcharhinidae
- *Loxodon macrorhinus, sliteye shark
- Congridae
- *Diploconger polystigmatus
- *Gorgasia cotroneii
- *Gorgasia sillneri
- *Heteroconger balteatus
- *Uroconger lepturus, slender conger
- Creediidae
- *Limnichthys nitidus, sand submarine
- Cynoglossidae
- *Cynoglossus arel, largescale tonguesole
- *Cynoglossus bilineatus, fourlined tonguesole
- *Cynoglossus dollfusi
- *Cynoglossus gilchristi, ripplefin tonguesole
- *Cynoglossus kopsii, shortheaded tonguesole
- *Cynoglossus lachneri, Lachner's tonguesole
- *Cynoglossus lingua, long tongue sole
- *Cynoglossus pottii
- *Cynoglossus sealarki
- Cyprinodontidae
- *Aphanius dispar dispar
- Dactylopteridae
- *Dactyloptena peterseni, starry flying gurnard
- Dasyatidae
- *Dasyatis bennetti, Bennett's stingray
- *Himantura gerrardi, sharpnose stingray
- *Himantura imbricata, scaly whipray
- Gerreidae
- *Gerres filamentosus, whipfin silverbiddy
- Gobiesocidae
- *Lepadichthys erythraeus
- 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
- *Hemipristis elongata, snaggletooth shark
- Holocentridae
- *Sargocentron marisrubri
- Kraemeriidae
- *Kraemeria nuda
- 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
- *Liparis fishelsoni
- Lophiidae
- *Lophiomus setigerus, blackmouth angler
- Lutjanidae
- *Pristipomoides multidens, goldbanded jobfish
- Malacanthidae
- *Branchiostegus sawakinensis, freckled tilefish
- *Hoplolatilus oreni
- 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
- *Congresox talabonoides, Indian pike conger
- *Muraenesox cinereus, daggertooth pike conger
- Muraenidae
- *Gymnothorax angusticauda
- *Gymnothorax griseus
- *Gymnothorax herrei
- *Gymnothorax johnsoni, whitespotted moray
- *Gymnothorax tile
- *Uropterygius genie
- *Uropterygius golanii
- Narcinidae
- *Heteronarce bentuviai, Elat electric ray
- Nemipteridae
- *Nemipterus bipunctatus, Delagoa threadfin bream
- *Nemipterus japonicus, Japanese threadfin bream
- *Nemipterus peronii, notchedfin threadfin bream
- *Nemipterus randalli, Randall's threadfin bream
- *Nemipterus zysron, slender threadfin bream
- *Parascolopsis aspinosa, smooth dwarf monocle bream
- *Parascolopsis eriomma, rosy dwarf monocle bream
- *Parascolopsis inermis, unarmed dwarf monocle bream
- *Parascolopsis townsendi, scaly dwarf monocle bream
- Nettastomatidae
- *Saurenchelys lateromaculatus
- Ophichthidae
- *Myrophis microchir
- *Skythrenchelys lentiginosa
- *Yirrkala tenuis, thin sand-eel
- Ophidiidae
- *Ophidion smithi
- *Sirembo jerdoni, brown-banded cusk-eel
- Opistognathidae
- *Stalix davidsheni
- Paralichthyidae
- *Pseudorhombus arsius, largetooth flounder
- *Pseudorhombus elevatus, deep flounder
- Pempheridae
- *Pempheris mangula, black-edged sweeper
- Pinguipedidae
- *Parapercis robinsoni, smallscale grubfish
- *Parapercis simulata
- *Parapercis somaliensis, Somali sandperch
- 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
- *Polydactylus plebeius, striped threadfin
- *Polydactylus sextarius, blackspot threadfin
- Pomacentridae
- *Chromis axillaris, grey chromis
- *Neopomacentrus taeniurus, freshwater demoiselle
- *Neopomacentrus miryae
- Priacanthidae
- *Priacanthus sagittarius, arrow bulleye
- Pristidae
- *Pristis zijsron, longcomb sawfish
- Psettodidae
- *Psettodes erumei, Indian spiny turbot
- Pseudochromidae
- *Chlidichthys auratus
- *Chlidichthys rubiceps
- Ptereleotridae
- *Ptereleotris arabica
- Rhinobatidae
- *Rhinobatos granulatus, sharpnose guitarfish
- *Rhinobatos schlegelii, yellow guitarfish
- Samaridae
- *Samaris cristatus, cockatoo righteye flounder
- Scorpaenidae
- *Brachypterois serrulata
- *Scorpaenodes steinitzi
- Serranidae
- *Epinephelus epistictus, dotted grouper
- *Epinephelus latifasciatus, striped grouper
- *Epinephelus radiatus, oblique-banded grouper
- *Serranus cabrilla, comber
- Soleidae
- *Aseraggodes sinusarabici
- *Aseraggodes steinitzi
- *Brachirus orientalis, Oriental sole
- *Solea elongata, elongate sole
- *Synaptura commersonnii, Commerson's sole
- Sparidae
- *Acanthopagrus berda, picnic seabream
- *Acanthopagrus latus, yellowfin seabream
- *Argyrops megalommatus
- *Argyrops spinifer, king soldierbream
- *Crenidens crenidens, karenteen seabream
- *Lithognathus mormyrus, striped seabream
- Synanceiidae
- *Choridactylus multibarbus, orangebanded stingfish
- *Minous coccineus, onestick stingfish
- *Minous inermis, Alcock's scorpionfish
- *Minous monodactylus, grey stingfish
- *Synanceia nana, Red Sea stonefish
- Syngnathidae
- *Dunckerocampus boylei, broad-banded pipefish
- *Hippichthys cyanospilos, blue-spotted pipefish
- *Hippichthys spicifer, bellybarred pipefish
- *Hippocampus fuscus, sea pony
- *Hippocampus jayakari, Jayakar's seahorse
- *Hippocampus lichtensteinii, Lichtenstein's seahorse
- *Lissocampus bannwarthi
- *Siokunichthys herrei
- *Syngnathus macrophthalmus
- *Syngnathus safina
- *Trachyrhamphus longirostris
- Synodontidae
- *Synodus hoshinonis, blackear lizardfish
- *Synodus macrops, triplecross lizardfish
- Terapontidae
- *Terapon jarbua, jarbua terapon
- Tetraodontidae
- *Lagocephalus lunaris, green rough-backed puffer
- *Lagocephalus spadiceus, half-smooth golden pufferfish
- Tetrarogidae
- *Vespicula bottae
- Torpedinidae
- *Torpedo panthera, panther electric ray
- *Torpedo suessii
- Triakidae
- *Mustelus mosis, Arabian smooth-hound
- Trichonotidae
- *Trichonotus nikii
- Triglidae
- *Lepidotrigla bispinosa, bullhorn gurnard
- *Lepidotrigla spiloptera, spotwing gurnard
- Tripterygiidae
- *Enneapterygius clarkae, barred triplefin
- *Enneapterygius destai
- *Enneapterygius obscurus
- *Enneapterygius pusillus, highcrest triplefin
- *Helcogramma obtusirostris, hotlips triplefin
- Uranoscopidae
- *Uranoscopus bauchotae
- *Uranoscopus dahlakensis
- *Uranoscopus dollfusi, Dollfus' stargazer
- *Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus
- *Uranoscopus guttatus
- *''Uranoscopus oligolepis''
[Pelagic] species
- Alopiidae
- *Alopias vulpinus, thintail thresher
- Belonidae
- *Platybelone argalus platura
- *Tylosurus choram, Red Sea houndfish
- Bregmacerotidae
- *Bregmaceros arabicus
- *Bregmaceros mcclellandi, spotted codlet
- *Bregmaceros nectabanus, smallscale codlet
- Carangidae
- *Alepes vari, herring scad
- *Carangoides ciliarius
- *Caranx sansun
- *Decapterus macarellus, mackerel scad
- Chirocentridae
- *Chirocentrus nudus, whitefin wolf-herring
- Clupeidae
- *Amblygaster leiogaster, smooth-belly sardinella
- *Dussumieria acuta, rainbow sardine
- *Dussumieria elopsoides, slender rainbow sardine
- *Etrumeus teres, round herring
- *Herklotsichthys lossei, gulf herring
- *Herklotsichthys punctatus, spotback herring
- *Hilsa kelee, kelee shad
- *Sardinella longiceps, Indian oil sardine
- *Spratelloides gracilis, silver-stripe round herring
- Coryphaenidae
- *Coryphaena equiselis, pompano dolphinfish
- *Coryphaena hippurus, common dolphinfish
- Echeneidae
- *Remora brachyptera, spearfish remora
- *Remorina albescens, white suckerfish
- Elopidae
- *Elops machnata, tenpounder
- Engraulidae
- *Engraulis encrasicolus, European anchovy
- *Stolephorus indicus, Indian anchovy
- *Thryssa setirostris, longjaw thryssa
- Exocoetidae
- *Cheilopogon cyanopterus, margined flyingfish
- *Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus altipennis, smallhead flyingfish
- *Cypselurus oligolepis, largescale flyingfish
- *Exocoetus volitans, tropical two-wing flyingfish
- *Hirundichthys rondeletii, black wing flyingfish
- *Hirundichthys socotranus
- *Parexocoetus brachypterus, sailfin flyingfish
- *Parexocoetus mento, African sailfin flyingfish
- Hemiramphidae
- *Euleptorhamphus viridis, ribbon halfbeak
- *Hemiramphus marginatus, yellowtip halfbeak
- *Hyporhamphus xanthopterus, red-tipped halfbeak
- Istiophoridae
- *Istiophorus platypterus, Indo-Pacific sailfish
- *Makaira indica, black marlin
- *Tetrapturus audax, striped marlin
- Lactariidae
- *Lactarius lactarius, false trevally
- Leiognathidae
- *Leiognathus oblongus, oblong ponyfish
- Malacanthidae
- *Hoplolatilus geo
- Molidae
- *Mola mola, ocean sunfish
- *Ranzania laevis, slender sunfish
- Monodactylidae
- *Monodactylus argenteus, silver moony
- Mugilidae
- *Liza carinata, keeled mullet
- Myliobatidae
- *Manta ehrenbergii
- *Mobula thurstoni, smoothtail mobula
- 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
- *Plectranthias klausewitzi
- Sphyraenidae
- *Sphyraena chrysotaenia, yellowstripe barracuda
- *Saurida macrolepis
- Xiphiidae
- *Xiphias gladius, swordfish