Other dive sites in the Southern Egyptian Red Sea include Rocky Island and Zabargad Island, southeast of Ras Banas, St. John's caves, Wadi Gemal, and Ras Shona. Some of these sites are reachable by day boats from Marsa Alam.
These sites have walls, tunnels, swim-throughs, and sea grass beds.
Roayl angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus
Wrasse, cf Thalassoma lunare
Broomtail wrasse, Cheilinus lunalatus
Sailfin tang, Zebrasoma dejardinii
Bluespotted stingray, Taeniura lymma
Red Sea bannerfish, Heniochus intermedius
Red Sea anemonefish, Amphiprion bicinctus
Moon grouper, Variola louti
Brittlestar
Giant moray, Gymnothorax javanicus, with common cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus
Pyjama slugs, Chromodorius quadricolor
Aron's blenny, Ecsenius aroni
Giant squirrelfish, Sargocentron spiniferum
Halfspotted grouper, Cephalopholis hemistiktos
Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata
Clearfin lionfish, Pterois radiata
Crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci
Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophthalma
Clown sand wrasse, Coris aygula
Swarthy parrotfish, Scarus niger
Tailspot soldierfish, Sargocentron caudimaculatum
Common lionfish, Pterois volitans
Masked butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus
Tiger cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus macrodon
Bloodspot squirrelfish, Neoniphon sammara
Arabian Picasso triggerfish, Rhinecanthus assasi
Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
Chrismas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus
Wrasse
Juvenile bicolor parrotfish, Cetoscarus bicolor
Chevron butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis
Wrasse
Parrtotfish
Red-breasted spendour wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus
Common bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur
Magnus' partner goby, Amblyeleotris sungami
Putter, Arothron sp.
Forster's hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Pseudanthias sp.
Yellowspotted burrfish, Cyclichthys spilostylus
You may find unusual animals in the seagrass beds, including dugongs, Dugong dugon, and green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas.
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