The Red Sea is known for its richness and biodiversity.

• 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 (Rüppell, 1837), Red Sea houndfish
  • Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)
    • T. c. crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821), 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
• Scott Salmon
• 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

• 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

• List of sharks in the Red Sea
• List of deep water fish of the Red Sea
• List of reef fish of the Red Sea

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