LC
Triggerfishes
Starry triggerfish
Abalistes stellaris
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 40–100 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
35 species
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Browse every documented fish species of Saudi territorial waters.
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LC
Damselfishes
Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
أبو بشته
- Maximum length
- 19 cm
- Depth range
- 1–20 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
NT
LC
Asiatic glassfishes
Bald glassy
Ambassis gymnocephalus
شوك
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Habitat
- Mangroves
LC
Pufferfishes
Immaculate puffer
Arothron immaculatus
- Maximum length
- 37.5 cm
- Depth range
- 3–30 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Groupers, sea basses
Peacock hind
Cephalopholis argus
أبو هويلي حمري
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 1–40 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Mullets
Fringelip mullet
Crenimugil crenilabis
عربي مجاديع
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 0–20 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
NE
Tonguefishes
Fourlined tonguesole
Cynoglossus bilineatus
السان الثور لاكعه البحر صندل اليحر
- Maximum length
- 44 cm
- Depth range
- 10–400 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
NE
Sicklefishes
Concertina fish
Drepane longimana
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Depth range
- 26–85 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Groupers, sea basses
Orange-spotted grouper
Epinephelus coioides
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Depth range
- 1–100 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
NE
Groupers, sea basses
Malabar grouper
Epinephelus malabricus
كشر لولو
- Maximum length
- 234 cm
- Depth range
- 0–150 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Mojarras
Whipfin silverbiddy
Gerres filamentosus
- Maximum length
- 39 cm
- Depth range
- 1–50 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Flatheads
Spotfin flathead
Grammoplites suppositus
- Maximum length
- 31 cm
- Depth range
- 30–94 m
- Habitat
- Sandy bottom
NE
Ponyfishes
Orangefin ponyfish
Leiognathus bindus
أيو
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Depth range
- 2–160 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Ponyfishes
Striped ponyfish
Leiognathus fasciatus
- Maximum length
- 21 cm
- Depth range
- 20–50 m
- Habitat
- Mangroves
LC
Mullets
Green back mullet
Liza subviridis
جمال زميل عربي كشره
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Depth range
- 0–5 m
- Habitat
- Sandy bottom
LC
Mullets
Squaretail mullet
Liza vaigiensis
- Maximum length
- 63 cm
- Depth range
- 0–5 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Snappers
Bigeye snapper
Lutjanus lutjanus
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Depth range
- 0–96 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Snappers
Onespot snapper
Lutjanus monostigma
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Depth range
- 1–60 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Snappers
Russell’s snapper
Lutjanus russellii
حمري أيو قرن بهار أبو جبه
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Depth range
- 3–80 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Threadfin breams
Notchedfin threadfin bream
Nemipterus peronii
- Maximum length
- 29 cm
- Depth range
- 17–100 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Threadfin breams
Slender threadfin bream
Nemipterus zysron
- Maximum length
- 29.7 cm
- Depth range
- 10–125 m
- Habitat
- Sandy bottom
DD
Flatheads
Bartail flathead
Platycephalus indicus
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Depth range
- 20–200 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Grunts, sweetlips
Silver grunt
Pomadasys argenteus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Depth range
- 15–115 m
- Habitat
- Seagrass beds