What you'll meet in the Red Sea.
The index · 50 species
From the dugongs of Marsa Mubarak to the hammerheads off Daedalus. Each entry checked against IUCN status and species-specific safety guidance.
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0.3–0.6m · Ray
Blackspotted Electric Ray
Torpedo fuscomaculata
0.3–0.7m · Ray
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Taeniura lymma
0.3–0.5m · Ray
Bluespotted Stingray
Neotrygon kuhlii
1.0–1.8m · Ray
Feathertail Stingray
Pastinachus sephen
4.0–7.0m · Ray
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Mobula birostris
1.0–2.0m · Ray
Honeycomb Stingray
Himantura uarnak
0.4–1.0m · Ray
Marbled Electric Ray
Torpedo sinuspersici
1.0–1.5m · Ray
Porcupine Ray
Urogymnus asperrimus
3.0–5.0m · Ray
Reef Manta Ray
Mobula alfredi
1.5–3.0m · Ray
Spotted Eagle Ray
Aetobatus narinari
0.5–1.3m · Pelagic
African Pompano
Alectis ciliaris
0.5–0.85m · Pelagic
Bigeye Trevally
Caranx sexfasciatus
0.4–1.0m · Pelagic
Bluefin Trevally
Caranx melampygus
0.8–2.0m · Pelagic
Dogtooth Tuna
Gymnosarda unicolor
0.8–1.7m · Pelagic
Giant Trevally
Caranx ignobilis
0.6–1.1m · Pelagic
Golden Trevally
Gnathanodon speciosus
1.0–1.8m · Pelagic
Great Barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
0.4–0.7m · Pelagic
Longfin Batfish
Platax teira
N/A
0.9–2.0m · Pelagic
Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
0.4–0.6m · Pelagic
Orbicular Batfish
Platax orbicularis
0.7–1.5m · Pelagic
Pickhandle Barracuda
Sphyraena jello
0.6–1.2m · Pelagic
Rainbow Runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
1.0–2.0m · Pelagic
Yellowfin Tuna
Thunnus albacares
0.3–0.6m · Pelagic
Yellowtail Barracuda
Sphyraena flavicauda
0.4–0.5m · Reef fish
Blackspotted (Giant) Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
0.22–0.3m · Reef fish
Blacktip Grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
0.2–0.3m · Reef fish
Blue-Lined (Bluestripe) Snapper
Lutjanus kasmira
0.5–0.7m · Reef fish
Bluespine Unicornfish
Naso unicornis
0.08–0.12m · Reef fish
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus
0.3–0.4m · Reef fish
Bullethead Parrotfish
Chlorurus sordidus
0.3–0.45m · Reef fish
Coral (Red Sea Coral) Grouper
Cephalopholis miniata
0.3–0.4m · Reef fish
Emperor Angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator
1.5–2.5m · Reef fish
Giant Moray
Gymnothorax javanicus
0.05–0.1m · Reef fish
Glassfish (Pygmy Sweeper)
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
1.0–2.0m · Reef fish
Honeycomb (Yellowmouth) Moray
Gymnothorax favagineus
0.3–0.5m · Reef fish
Humpback Red Snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
0.2–0.3m · Reef fish
Lunar Fusilier
Caesio lunaris
0.8–1.2m · Reef fish
Malabar Grouper
Epinephelus malabaricus
0.18–0.23m · Reef fish
Masked Butterflyfish
Chaetodon semilarvatus
0.2–0.3m · Reef fish
Masked Pufferfish
Arothron diadematus
0.16–0.22m · Reef fish
Moorish Idol
Zanclus cornutus
1.2–2.0m · Reef fish
Napoleon (Humphead) Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
0.35–0.45m · Reef fish
Orangespine Unicornfish
Naso lituratus
0.4–0.6m · Reef fish
Oriental Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus
0.07–0.15m · Reef fish
Red Sea (Scalefin) Anthias
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
0.15–0.18m · Reef fish
Red Sea Bannerfish
Heniochus intermedius
2.0–3.8m · Mammal
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
2.4–3.0m · Mammal
Dugong (Sea Cow)
Dugong dugon
1.9–2.6m · Mammal
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops aduncus
1.3–2.0m · Mammal
Spinner Dolphin
Stenella longirostris