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Thresher sharks
Pelagic thresher
Alopias pelagicus
رضاعه قصف
- Maximum length
- 428 cm
- Depth range
- 0–300 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
32 species
Species encyclopedia
Browse every documented fish species of Saudi territorial waters.
32 results
LC
Herrings, sardines
Smooth - belly sardinella
Amblygaster leiogaster
- Maximum length
- 23 cm
- Depth range
- 0–50 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Codlets
Smallscale codlet
Bregmaceros nectabanus
- Maximum length
- 7.6 cm
- Depth range
- 0–350 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Wolf herrings
Whitefin wolf-herring
Chirocentrus nudus
أبو سيف
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Depth range
- 0–150 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Dolphinfishes
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hipurus
أم الفلوس أبو سيف غزير
- Depth range
- 0–85 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
NE
Flyingfishes
Large scale flyingfish
Cypselurus oligolepis
- Maximum length
- 27.7 cm
- Depth range
- 0–20 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Herrings, sardines
Slender rainbow sardine
Dussumieria elopsoides
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Depth range
- 0–50 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Tenpounders
Tenpounder
Elops machnata
اخني مخنت
- Maximum length
- 118 cm
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Herrings, sardines
White sardine
Escualosa thoracata
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Depth range
- 0–50 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Tunas, mackerels
Kawakawa
Euthynnus affinis
أبو ذوم
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Depth range
- 0–200 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Flyingfishes
Tropical two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus volitans
سهاري جراد البحر
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Depth range
- 0–20 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Halfbeaks
Blackedge halfbeak
Hemiramphus marginatus
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Herrings, sardines
Spotback herring
Herklotsichthys punctatus
سردين آمهات
- Maximum length
- 8.5 cm
- Depth range
- 0–50 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
VU
Billfishes
Indio-pacific sailfis
Istiophorus platypterus
قمبرور
- Maximum length
- 348 cm
- Depth range
- 0–200 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Tunas, mackerels
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
- Maximum length
- 110 cm
- Depth range
- 0–260 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
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LC
Moonfishes
Silver moony
Monodactylus argenteus
ضيمه
- Maximum length
- 27 cm
- Depth range
- 0–12 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
VU
Bluefishes
Blue fish
Pomatomus saltatrix
- Maximum length
- 130 cm
- Depth range
- 0–200 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Tunas, mackerels
Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
- Depth range
- 20–90 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
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Whale shark
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
قرش البتان قرش الينهاء
- Maximum length
- 1700 cm
- Depth range
- 0–1928 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Herrings, sardines
Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
- Maximum length
- 29.6 cm
- Depth range
- 10–70 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Herrings, sardines
Indian oil sardine
Sardinella longiceps
ريعي
- Maximum length
- 23 cm
- Depth range
- 20–200 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water
LC
Tunas, mackerels
Blue mackerel
Scomber australasicus
باغه غزير
- Maximum length
- 44 cm
- Depth range
- 87–200 m
- Habitat
- Coral reef
LC
Tunas, mackerels
Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
- Maximum length
- 64 cm
- Depth range
- 0–300 m
- Habitat
- Pelagic / open water