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Napoleon (Humphead) Wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus
About the species

The giant of Red Sea reefs, this massive wrasse sports thick lips, a bulging forehead hump and intricate blue-green maze patterns. Old males grow over two metres and often approach divers with calm curiosity. Heavily depleted by the live-reef-fish trade, it is now a protected, endangered icon.


Where to see it

63 sites in the catalogue.

Daedalus
East Side / Lighthouse Reef
ModerateYear-round
Daedalus
South Plateau
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
Gabr el Bint
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
Ras Abu Galum
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
The Bells
LowYear-round
Dahab
The Blue Hole
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
Umm Sid
LowYear-round
El Quseir
Abu Humra (Shaab Abu Hamra)
ModerateYear-round
El Quseir
El Quseir Wall (El Quadim Drop-off)
ModerateYear-round
El Quseir
The Rock (El Quseir)
ModerateYear-round
Hamata
Abu Galawa Soraya
ModerateYear-round
Hamata
Gota Sataya
ModerateYear-round
Hamata
Sha'ab Maksur
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Abu Ramada (North & South)
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Big Giftun (Erg Diana / Sha'ab Sabina)
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Carless Reef
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
El Fanadir
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Small Giftun (Erg Giftun / Erg Gigi)
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Umm Gamar
LowYear-round
Marsa Alam
Elphinstone Reef
ModerateYear-round
Marsa Alam
Samadai (Dolphin House)
LowYear-round
Marsa Alam
Sha'ab Marsa Alam
ModerateYear-round
Nuweiba
Bawaki
ModerateYear-round
Nuweiba
El Hibeq (Sinker)
ModerateYear-round
Nuweiba
Ras Shaitan (Devil's Head)
ModerateYear-round
Safaga
Abu Kafan
ModerateYear-round
Safaga
Panorama Reef
ModerateYear-round
Safaga
Ras Abu Soma
LowYear-round
Safaga
Shaab Sheer
LowYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Anemone City
LowYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Far Garden
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Gordon Reef
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Jackson Reef
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Ghozlani
LowYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Nasrani
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Umm Sid
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Za'atar
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Shark Observatory
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Shark & Yolanda Reef
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Small Crack (Ras Mohammed)
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
The Tower
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Thomas Reef
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
White Knight
LowYear-round
St John's
Big Gota
ModerateYear-round
St John's
Gota Kebir
ModerateYear-round
St John's
Habili Gaffar
LowYear-round
St John's
Umm Khararim
LowYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Bluff Point (Gubal Island)
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Dunraven (Beacon Rock)
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Giannis D
LowYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Abu Nuhas (Reef)
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Shadwan Island
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Ulysses
LowYear-round
Taba
Angel's Net
ModerateYear-round
Taba
Maxwell's Reef
ModerateYear-round
Taba
Pharaoh's Island (Coral Island)
ModerateYear-round
Taba
Ras Amira
ModerateYear-round
The Brothers
Aida II Wreck
ModerateYear-round
The Brothers
Big Brother North Plateau
ModerateYear-round
The Brothers
Big Brother South Plateau
ModerateYear-round
The Brothers
Little Brother East Wall
ModerateYear-round
The Brothers
Little Brother West Wall
ModerateYear-round
The Brothers
Numidia Wreck
ModerateYear-round

Sighting history
Verified sightings · last 12 months

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