Tag: Red Sea
Materials found: 24
Lined Butterflyfish
A large butterflyfish with a silvery-white body covered with thin dark vertical lines and a yellow rear part of the body. Inhabits coral reefs, more often found in pairs and feeds mainly on coral polyps.
Chaetodon lineolatus
Longfin Bannerfish
The longfin bannerfish is a reef fish with a high body and a characteristic strongly elongated anterior ray of the dorsal fin in the form of a long white "banner." Coloration is white with two wide black stripes and yellow rear fins; usually found in pairs or small groups near coral reefs.
Heniochus acuminatus
Phyllidia varicosa
Phyllidia varicosa is a large, colourful sea slug (nudibranch) of the family Phyllidiidae. The body is elongated-oval with 3–6 longitudinal ridges on the back bearing yellow-tipped tubercles; the ridges and tubercle bases are usually bluish-grey or blue with dark lines between them. The foot sole often has a clear dark longitudinal stripe. It lives on coral reefs and rocky areas, feeds on sponges and uses their chemicals for defence; it is considered toxic and has warning coloration.
Phyllidia varicosa
Pineapple sea cucumber
The pineapple sea cucumber is a very large holothurian of the family Stichopodidae, living on sandy areas and among coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is notable for its size and firm, "armoured" body with many pointed star-shaped papillae in rows of 2–3. Coloration is usually warm grey-brown to reddish-orange with darker patches. It feeds on organic matter from the sediment by passing the surface layer of the bottom through its mouth.
Thelenota ananas
Red-breasted wrasse
The red-breasted wrasse (redbreast wrasse) is a reef fish of the family Labridae, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, including the Red Sea. It has a deep, moderately flattened body and a large head with thick lips. Coloration changes with age and phase: juveniles are usually pale with several dark vertical stripes; adults and terminal males are more contrasting, with a reddish-orange "breast" on the head and forebody and broad black-and-white horizontal bands behind. It lives on lagoon and outer reefs among coral, sand and rubble, feeding mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates (crustaceans, molluscs, sea urchins).
Cheilinus fasciatus
Dusky parrotfish
The dusky parrotfish (Scarus niger) is a reef fish of the family Scaridae, found across the Indo-Pacific region including the Red Sea. It has a typical parrotfish "beak" of fused teeth used to scrape algae. Coloration varies greatly with age and sex and may include shades of blue, green, purple and almost black; it is often seen alone. It feeds mainly on benthic algae on hard substrate and dead coral, grazing actively on the reef by day.
Scarus niger