LC
Groupers, sea basses
Redmouth grouper
Aethaloperca rogaa
عندلي ريحان
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 3–60 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
19 species
Species encyclopedia
Browse every documented fish species of Saudi territorial waters.
19 results
VU
Parrotfishes
Green humphead parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum
أبو
- Maximum length
- 130 cm
- Depth range
- 1–40 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Groupers, sea basses
Sixblotch hind
Cephalopholis sexmaculata
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Depth range
- 6–150 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
EN
Wrasses
Humphead wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
مظرطي
- Maximum length
- 229 cm
- Depth range
- 1–100 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
NE
Cardinalfishes
Large toothed cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus macrodon
- Depth range
- 0–40 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Porcupinefishes
Spot-fin porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
- Maximum length
- 91 cm
- Depth range
- 2–50 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
DD
Groupers, sea basses
Giant grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus
- Maximum length
- 270 cm
- Depth range
- 1–200 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
VU
Groupers, sea basses
Camouflage grouper
Epinephelus polyphekadion
أبو خمام كشر أسود
- Maximum length
- 90 cm
- Depth range
- 1–46 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Snappers
Common bluestripe snapper
Lutjanus kasmira
بهار كزميري
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Depth range
- 3–265 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Snappers
Onespot snapper
Lutjanus monostigma
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 1–60 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes
Pinecone Soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan
تيعس أبو زماره
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 1–50 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Angelfishes
Emperor angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Depth range
- 1–100 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Bigeyes
Arrow bullseye
Priacanthus sagittarius
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Depth range
- 0–350 m
- Habitat
- Rocky bottom
LC
Scorpionfishes
Clearfin turkeyfish
Pterois radita
جلخ سام
- Maximum length
- 24 cm
- Depth range
- 1–30 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes
Silverspot squirrelfish
Sargocentron caudimaculatum
مزمر
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Depth range
- 2–40 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes
Redcoat
Sargocentron rubrum
- Maximum length
- 32 cm
- Depth range
- 1–84 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
common.fishGroupShort
LC
Stingrays
Blue-spotted ribbontail ray
Taeniura lymma
أم سالم أم صويلح ربيسي رقيطة أم سالم بيجي
- Depth range
- 1–20 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
common.fishGroupShort
VU
Requiem sharks
Whitetip reef shark
Triaenodon obesus
مفركه
- Maximum length
- 213 cm
- Depth range
- 1–330 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
common.fishGroupShort
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