Egypt
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Egypt is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range (these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Archamia irida (Apogonidae)
Siphamia permutata OC (Apogonidae)
Ariomma dollfusi (Ariommatidae)
Parabothus budkeri (Bothidae)
Callionymus oxycephalus (Callionymidae)
Diplogrammus gruveli (Callionymidae)
Cynoglossus dollfusi (Cynoglossidae)
Cynoglossus pottii (Cynoglossidae)
Lepadichthys erythraeus (Gobiesocidae)
Amblygobius magnusi OC (Gobiidae)
Bathygobius fishelsoni (Gobiidae)
Coryogalops ochetica OC (Gobiidae)
Gobius koseirensis (Gobiidae)
Pleurosicya prognatha OC (Gobiidae)
Psilogobius randalli (Gobiidae)
Trimma fishelsoni (Gobiidae)
Plectorhinchus umbrinus (Haemulidae)
Thalassoma rueppellii OC (Labridae) Klunzinger's Wrasse
Paragunnellichthys springeri (Microdesmidae)
Paraluteres arqat (Monacanthidae)
Uropterygius genie (Muraenidae)
Neenchelys microtretus (Ophichthidae)
Scolecenchelys erythraeensis OC (Ophichthidae)
Stalix davidsheni (Opistognathidae)
Pseudanthias taeniatus OC (Serranidae)
Argyrops megalommatus (Sparidae)
Syngnathus macrophthalmus (Syngnathidae)
Torpedo alexandrinsis (Torpedinidae) Alexandrine Torpedo
Torpedo suessii (Torpedinidae)