•
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 •
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 ==
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