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4 Reef-associated species. 5 See also. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of fishes of the Red Sea. 4 languages. ... List of reef fish of the Red Sea ...
List of reef fish of the Red Sea. These Red Sea fish are listed as Reef -associated by Fishbase: Acanthuridae. Acanthurus gahhm, Black surgeonfish. Acanthurus mata, Elongate surgeonfish. Acanthurus nigrofuscus, Brown surgeonfish. Acanthurus sohal, Sohal surgeonfish. Acanthurus tennentii, Doubleband surgeonfish.
Cetoscarus bicolor, also known as the bicolour parrotfish or bumphead parrotfish, is a species of fish belonging to the family Scaridae. It is found only in the Red Sea. Being from the Scaridae family of huge, vividly colored fish, which is well known as a main contributor of marine ecosystems, especially coral reefs by maintaining them.
Fistularia depressa Günther, 1880. The bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), also known as smooth cornetfish or smooth flutemouth, is a marine fish which belongs to the family Fistulariidae. This very long and slender reef-dweller belongs to the same order as the pipefishes and seahorses, called Syngnathiformes.
The king angelfish is a non-migratory tropical fish that inhabits reefs in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the coast of Peru north to the Gulf of California, including offshore islands as far west as the Galapagos, generally at depth of 4–30 metres (13–98 ft).
Myrichthys maculosus. (Cuvier, 1816) Myrichthys maculosus, commonly known as the tiger snake eel, [2] the ocellate snake eel or the spotted snake eel, [3] is a species of fish in the family Ophichthidae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally encountered in the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 1 m (40 in).
The bluefin trevally is a large fish, growing to a maximum known length of 117 cm and a weight of 43.5 kg, [2] however it is rare at lengths greater than 80 cm. [8] It is similar in shape to a number of other large jacks and trevallies, having an oblong, compressed body with the dorsal profile slightly more convex than the ventral profile, particularly anteriorly.
Ring-tailed cardinalfish. A group of Ostorhinchus aureus with other cardinalfishes. The ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus) is a widespread fish species in the family Apogonidae found in the Red Sea and off East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to Japan, and south to Australia. [1]