List of deep water fish of the Red Sea

Bathydemersal species[]

Red Sea bathydemersal species include:^{[citation needed]}

• Acropoma japonicum , , Acropomatidae
• Ariosoma mauritianum , Blunt-tooth conger, Congridae
• , Bothidae
• , Percophidae
• , Champsodontidae
• Cynoglossus acutirostris , Sharpnose tonguesole, Cynoglossidae
• Dysomma fuscoventralis , Synaphobranchidae
• Facciolella karreri , Nettastomatidae
• , Bythitidae
• Harpadon erythraeus , Synodontidae
• Heptranchias perlo , Sharpnose sevengill shark, Hexanchidae
• Hippocampus kelloggi , Great seahorse, Syngnathidae
• Iago omanensis , Bigeye houndshark, Triakidae
• Mustelus manazo , Starspotted smooth-hound, Triakidae
• , Ophidiidae
• , Tetrarogidae
• , Scorpaenidae
• , Gobiidae
• , Nemipteridae
• , Moridae
• , Gobiidae
• Rhynchoconger trewavasae , Congridae
• Saurenchelys meteori , Nettastomatidae
• , , Setarchidae
• Synagrops philippinensis , Acropomatidae
• , , Trichiuridae
• , Mullidae
• , Uranoscopidae
• Uroconger erythraeus , Congridae

Bathypelagic species[]

Red Sea bathypelagic species include:

• , Stomiidae
• , Sciaenidae
• Benthosema pterotum , , Myctophidae
• Champsodon capensis , Gaper, Champsodontidae
• Chauliodus sloani , Sloane's viperfish, Stomiidae
• , , Myctophidae
• Lestrolepis luetkeni , , Paralepididae
• Maurolicus mucronatus , Sternoptychidae
• Nemichthys scolopaceus , Slender snipe eel, Nemichthyidae
• Stomias affinis , , Stomiidae

Benthopelagic species[]

Trichiurus lepturus

Argyrosomus regius

Pristipomoides filamentosus

Red Sea benthopelagic species include:

• Aetobatus flagellum , Longheaded eagle ray, Myliobatidae
• Aetobatus ocellatus , Myliobatidae
• Anoxypristis cuspidata , Knifetooth sawfish, Pristidae
• , , Apogonidae
• Argyrosomus regius , Meagre, Sciaenidae
• , Ariommatidae
• , Ateleopodidae
• Bryx analicarens , Pink pipefish, Syngnathidae
• , , Balistidae
• Chanos chanos , Milkfish, Chanidae
• Decapterus russelli , Indian scad, Carangidae
• , , Gerreidae
• Glossogobius giuris , Tank goby, Gobiidae
• , Mediterranean slimehead, Trachichthyidae
• Lobotes surinamensis , Atlantic tripletail, Lobotidae
• Megalops cyprinoides , Indo-Pacific tarpon, Megalopidae
• Mugil cephalus, Flathead mullet, Mugilidae
• , Moridae
• , Striped grunter, Haemulidae
• Pristipomoides filamentosus , Crimson jobfish, Lutjanidae
• Pristipomoides sieboldii , , Lutjanidae
• , , Rhinobatidae
• , , Rhinobatidae
• Rhinobatos thouin , Clubnose guitarfish, Rhinobatidae
• Rhizoprionodon acutus , Milk shark, Carcharhinidae
• Seriola lalandi , Yellowtail amberjack, Carangidae
• , Opistognathidae
• Stromateus fiatola , Blue butterfish, Stromateidae
• Synodus randalli , Synodontidae
• Taractichthys steindachneri , Sickle pomfret, Bramidae
• , Crested hairtail, Trichiuridae
• Terapon puta , , Terapontidae
• Thyrsitoides marleyi , , Gempylidae
• Trichiurus lepturus, Largehead hairtail, Trichiuridae

References[]

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