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List Of Reef Fish Of The Red Sea
These Red Sea fish are listed as Reef-associated by Fishbase: *Acanthuridae **''Acanthurus gahhm'', Black surgeonfish **''Acanthurus mata'', Elongate surgeonfish **''Acanthurus nigrofuscus'', Brown surgeonfish **''Acanthurus sohal'', Sohal surgeonfish **''Acanthurus tennentii'', Doubleband surgeonfish **''Acanthurus xanthopterus'', Yellowfin surgeonfish **''Ctenochaetus striatus'', Striated surgeonfish **''Naso annulatus'', Whitemargin unicornfish **''Naso brevirostris'', Spotted unicornfish **''Naso elegans'', Elegant unicornfish **''Naso hexacanthus'', Sleek unicornfish **''Naso unicornis'', Bluespine unicornfish **''Zebrasoma desjardinii'', Red Sea sailfin tang **''Zebrasoma xanthurum'', Yellowtail tang *Albulidae **''Albula glossodonta'', Roundjaw bonefish *Alopiidae **''Alopias pelagicus'', Pelagic thresher *Anomalopidae **''Photoblepharon steinitzi'', Photoblepharon steinitzi, Flashlight fish *Antennariidae **''Antennarius coccineus'', Scarlet frogfish **''Antennarius c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; Tigrinya: ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ''Qeyih Bahri''; ) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley. The Red Sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 km2 (169,100 mi2), is about 2250 km (1398 mi) long, and — at its widest point — 355 km (220.6 mi) wide. It has an average depth of 490 m (1,608 ft), and in the central ''Suakin Trough'' it reaches its maximum depth of . The Red Sea also ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naso Annulatus
The whitemargin unicornfish (''Naso annulatus'') is a tropical fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It can reach a length of 100 cm, making it one of the largest members of the family Acanthuridae. The species itself exists beyond the Pakistan coast, it can be found throughout different regions of the ocean, including Hawai’i and the Red Sea Description ''Naso annulatus'' also known as Whitemargin unicorn fish are one of many surgeon fish in the sea. The species normally range from a brownish-white color to grey/olive in color. They can be distinguished by the sharp cone like-shap "nasal" protruding out of their foreahead. The tail is black surrounded by a white margin. It is often found in large schools off tropical reefs, and it feeds on zooplankton. The fish has two scutes on the left side. These are found on the caudal peduncle near the tail. Habitat & Biology White-margin Unicorn fish can be located in the shallow parts of the ocean, such as the coral reefs. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowtail Tang
''Zebrasoma xanthurum'', the purple tang or yellowtail tang, is a species of reef surgeonfish in the family Acanthuridae. It was first described by zoologist Edward Blyth in 1852. Description Purple tangs grow to a maximum length of near . Their bodies are purple in color with a yellow tail. The heads of purple tangs are covered with black spots, and black horizontal lines run down the sides of the bodies of some specimens. The center of their bodies are sometimes a darker color of purple relative to the rest of their bodies. On most specimens, the tips of their pectoral fins are yellow. Like all members of the genus ''Zebrasoma'', purple tangs have large dorsal and anal fins and an extended snout that is used to forage for algae within rocks. When the dorsal and anal fins are fully extended, the fish looks like a disk. As typical of all surgeonfish, purple tangs have a sharp spines on each side of their caudal peduncle, which are used for defense. Distribution Purple tangs were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sea Sailfin Tang
The Red Sea sailfin tang or Desjardin's sailfin tang (''Zebrasoma desjardinii'') is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. Description ''Zebrasoma desjardinii'' grows to a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), with sexual dimorphism producing males that are larger than females. This species shows the typical morphology of the family Acanthuridae. The body is oval or disc-shaped, with erectile and much elevated dorsal and anal fins. The coloration may vary from one individual to another and within the same individual, depending on age. In general, the upper side of the body alternates orange and dark blue vertical bands, with a larger blue band on the eyes, a spotted ventral region and numerous white spots on the head. The dorsal and anal fins have a pattern of horizontal alternate orange and blue bands. The caudal fin shows white spots and lines. Like most surgeonfish on each side of the caudal fin, in the middle of the caudal peduncle, there is a defensive dark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebrasoma Desjardinii
''Zebrasoma desjardinii'', the Red Sea sailfin tang, Desjardin's sailfin tang, Indian sailfin tang or Indian sailfin surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the Indian Ocean. Taxonomy ''Zebrasoma desjardinii'' was first formally described in 1836 as ''Acanthurus desjardinii'' by the English zoologist Edward Turner Bennett with its type locality given as Mauritius. In the past, this taxon was treated as conspecific or synonymous with '' Zebrasoma velifer''. The genera ''Zebrasoma'' and '' Paracanthurus'' make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the family Acanthuridae, according to the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World''. Etymology The specific name of ''Zebrasoma desjardinii'' honours the French zoologist Julien Desjardins; he lived for a number of years in Mauritius and donated a collection of fishes to the British Museum of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluespine Unicornfish
The bluespine unicornfish or short-nose unicornfish (''Naso unicornis'') is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length. It is called ''kala'' (meaning "thorn") in Hawaii, ''dawa'' in New Caledonia, and ''ta'' or ''tā'' in Fiji. Description The bluespine unicornfish has a blueish-gray body with two blue spines on each side at the base of the tail and a short rostrum or bony horn on the forehead. In small fish the horn is missing and males additionally have tail streamers. These fish have a leather like skin instead of scales. The Bluespine Unicorn fish can grow up to 27 inches with the largest one caught to be 12.7 lbs. Distribution The bluespine unicornfish is very common in the tropical Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleek Unicornfish
The sleek unicornfish (''Naso hexacanthus''), also known as the blue-tail unicorn, Thorpe's unicornfish, blacktongue unicornfish or ʻopelu kala, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is of value in commercial fisheries and as a gamefish, and is also seen in aquaria. Taxonomy The sleek unicornfish was first formally described as ''Priodon hexacanthus'' by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with its type locality given as Ambon Island in the Moluccas, Indonesia. This species is classified within the nominate subgenus of the genus ''Naso''. The genus ''Naso'' is the only genus in the subfamily Nasinae in the family Acanthuridae. Etymology The sleek unicornfish's specific name, ''hexacanthis'' means "six spines" and is an allusion to the six dorsal fin spines. Description The sleek unicornf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elegant Unicornfish
''Naso elegans'', the elegant unicornfish, the blonde naso tang, Indian orange-spine unicorn, lipstick surgeonfish, lipstick tang, orangespine unicornfish or smoothheaded unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Naso elegans'' was first formally described as ''Aspisurus elegans'' in 1829 by the German zoologist and explorer Eduard Rüppell with its type locality given as the northern Red Sea. This species is classified within the nominate subgenus of the genus ''Naso''. The genus ''Naso'' is the only genus in the subfamily Nasinae in the family Acanthuridae. For a long time this species was regarded as an Indian Ocean colour morph of the orangespine unicornfish (''Naso lituratus'') until it was shown that there were consistent meristic differences. Etymology ''Naso elegans'' has a specific name ''elegans'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
