(the dream of any vacationer) are washed by warm seas with inhabitants unprecedented in our latitudes. Especially rich in outlandish creatures and bright fish Red sea. One of the countries located on its coast (for example, Egypt) is quite affordable for the average tourist with an average income. So everyone who is not too lazy is trying to get there in order not only to soak up under the palm trees, but also to dive with a mask and a camera into the Red Sea - the fish in these latitudes are so picturesque that you want to see them yourself and show people.
But, going on an underwater journey, you should be careful and keep your delight at a certain distance from marvelous creatures - many of them are as dangerous as they are beautiful.
Therefore, on the eve of the holiday season, information that most fully characterizes the most interesting Red Sea inhabitants will be extremely useful. In order for the Red Sea fish, the photos and descriptions of which are given in the article, to become an occasion exclusively for pleasant experiences, you should familiarize yourself with their lifestyle and the presence or absence of aggressiveness in advance.
sharks
This "thunderstorm of the seas" is used to being afraid of everyone who is not familiar with all types of this superorder, who are afraid of them big sizes and sharp teeth and who are accustomed to the idea that all of them without exception are the most dangerous fish of the Red Sea.
The species diversity of sharks living in the water area we are considering is limited to nine names, among which the most unfriendly and aggressive is the silver one.
This three-meter individual weighs an average of 160 kilograms and is one of the most dangerous predators that pose a threat to humans. May attack a diver unprovoked, usually such attacks are fatal for the latter. Although such cases are rare, since silver sharks prefer to keep their distance from divers and bathers, but if, God forbid, a person swam into its territory, the predator assumes a threatening posture (arches its back, lowers its pectoral fins and bares its teeth). Having noticed such an evil shark, consider it good to retire as quickly as possible, otherwise the silvery mistress of the waters will certainly cause serious injuries to the uninvited guest.
Among the most harmless and beautiful sharks of the Red Sea, and even allowing themselves to be photographed and calmly letting a person at close range, one should name the zebra. The beauty of an unusual color has long become a fashion model. Through her images, the audience recognizes and explores the underwater world of exotic seas.
Divers also consider the nurse shark (outwardly very reminiscent of catfish or burbot), blacktip and whitetip reef sharks to be quite friendly. The nanny is slow and phlegmatic, reefs are shy and cautious, sometimes it seems that they themselves are seriously afraid of people.
But these huge fish of the Red Sea really do not like intrusive tourists. When you try to stroke them, touch their fins or take pictures in an embrace, they can also show their predatory nature.
Small fish are not always harmless
What admiration is the Red Sea! Fish, which are abundant in shallow water, and corals, among which you can travel at least a whole day, enjoy great love and well-deserved interest from an inexperienced diver.
Beginners only have stories about how irresistible the desire was to reach out and hold a small pretty fish in the palm of your hand.
But even with babies, you need to be extremely careful - many of the fish, especially those that are brighter, have protective properties. For example, they can release poison when a potential danger approaches or pierce the skin of an enemy.
In any case, when practicing diving into the depths of an exotic underwater kingdom, one should be on the alert: Red Sea fish have a deceptive appearance and unpredictable character.
balloon fish
During the period of danger, it swells and increases in volume. The poison of this fish is extremely dangerous, and although it does not bite a person, it is better to stay away from this inhabitant of the underwater world.
Balloon fish defend and attack with needles filled with toxins. It is from it that the famous Japanese dish fugu is prepared. Only a very experienced cook can make such a fish edible and safe.
sea butterfly
Indigenous inhabitant of these waters. The Red Sea, in which fish are also migratory, found in other sea latitudes, has become a native and only home for this representative of the underwater fauna. It cannot be found anywhere else.
The sea butterfly has an unusual manner of movement - it swims with its nose down, while its fin looks like an antenna.
These fish are bright, yellow in color, keep in flocks and live at depth.
Clown fish
The fish of the Red Sea, whose photos demonstrate not only their appearance, but also their way of life, can truly amaze with the discrepancy between their size and irrepressible aggressive courage.
A tiny clown fish, for example, is not afraid of anyone at all. At least divers who have already survived the attacks of this baby more than once. Yes, the clown is capable of attacking people. He can’t do much harm, but he strives to bite his finger. And if he succeeds, then the bite sensations remain not the most pleasant.
Performing the function of a protector for life, the clown is used to being bold, so he reacts inadequately (from the point of view of people) to the appearance of uninvited guests near the anemone - the marine organism in which he lives. And since the chosen "dwellings" are in shallow water, not far from busy beaches, the clown fish does not know peace - everything seeks to attack those who disturb its peace. And people are even touched by this selfless courage of the crumbs.
parrot fish
It is impossible not to notice that often correspond to their external resemblance to someone or something. As a rule, they repeat the color or behavior of their terrestrial counterparts in the animal world.
The parrotfish, for example, got its official name from color scheme, one to one repeating the color of a green budgerigar.
Moreover, this fish has a beak, which is very convenient to eat corals. It is there, near the reefs, you can see it most often.
imperial angel
This fish deservedly received the title of the first beauty of the southern seas and the audience award. The original color, which is dominated by yellow, blue and white, can vary in any combination of shapes and shades: the stripes are wide and narrow, interrupted and solid, all colors at once or only a few - such a different and so recognizable imperial angel.
Well, not a fish, but simply “eye charm”!
The fish of the Red Sea, the description of which cannot be contained in a few lines, are the marvelous inhabitants of the underwater kingdom and our neighbors in a huge house, whose name is Earth. There are bloodthirsty monsters among them, but there are also... angels. Such beauty, as in the picture above, you only need to see. And preferably in the place of its natural habitat, and best of all in a flock. It's such a charm!
Masters of disguise
Danger for tourists, beachgoers and divers are fish that can merge with environment. It is this property that the next hero of our story has.
Acquiring the shape of a stone, a wart, or stone fish, can cause serious damage to health if it is not noticed and touched in time. Strikingly similar to a sea cobblestone overgrown with algae, this predator attacks with poison, piercing the body of the victim with the sharpest needles. The poison of the wart is four times stronger than that of the cobra, and the main danger lies in the fact that this “cute fish” is often located in the area reserved for the beach. Even the notorious swimming shoes do not save from it. What is there! Shoes with thick soles cannot protect against poisonous needles - the wart is able to pierce the most reliable protection.
Another representative of the underwater kingdom, which carries a certain threat, is the devil fish. Small (only 35 cm), it adapts to any landscape, completely "dissolving" in it. One of the most ferocious and poisonous individuals. The venom of the devil is three times stronger than that of the cobra. Scuba divers most often die from it.
The Red Sea, the fish in which are excellent at camouflage, requires a special approach to all types of recreation. Maximum caution must be observed when studying or admiring corals - surgeonfish can hide in them. This needle-poisonous creature has chosen reefs in the coastal waters of Egypt - the most visited country by tourists.
Sea snake
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Meeting a sea snake is a rare occurrence for a swimmer. These creatures usually avoid people, and if they attack, then only in self-defense. The greatest risk of being attacked by a snake is in dense marine vegetation, where it can be overlooked in time.
Moray eels or other conger eels are often confused with snakes. To understand for sure who is in front of you, look at the tail of the creature: if it is flattened from the sides and looks like a belt, then this is a sea snake.
The sea snake has a flattened tail
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Sea snakes are small, up to 1 m long. They swim at a depth of up to five meters, feed on mollusks, crustaceans and fish.
Sea snakes are the most venomous in the world. Their poison is similar in action to poison, but is 10 times more powerful than it. The bite of a baby snake is just as toxic as that of an adult. Symptoms of poisoning appear slowly: several hours pass from the bite to the first spasms of the jaw muscles.
First aid in case of a bite by a sea snake - immobilization of the victim. After that, you need to urgently transport the bitten to the doctor, otherwise a fatal outcome is threatened.
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Sea urchins live mainly in coral reefs, underwater rocks and between rocks. The needles of these creatures are so sharp that they can easily pierce rubber slippers and wetsuits.
Several species of sea urchins can be found in the Red Sea. Near the shore, red and gray-black Toxopneustes pileolus like to soak in warm water. Their needles are very short, up to 2 cm in length, but no less dangerous than their relatives.
A little deeper in the sea live diadems sea urchins(diadem). This subspecies has very long needles, up to 30-40 cm. In addition, the diadem hedgehog distinguishes between light and shadow with the help of special organs, and at the sight of an object that suddenly appears in front of it, it instantly directs its spikes at it.
The needles of sea urchins are very fragile, when they enter the human body, they break, and the fragments cause inflammation. The venom of the hedgehog is not fatal. In addition to burning pain at the injection site, the victim begins shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, and passing paralysis may occur. First aid usually consists of removing needles from the wound, treating it with disinfectants. You can treat the wound with lemon juice - it dissolves the fragments of the needle. After that, you need to lower the injured limb in very hot water for 30 minutes, and then consult a doctor.
Cone, or conical snail
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A cone snail can reach a length of 50 cm and weigh several kilograms. However, large individuals are not as dangerous as small ones - which can be easily lifted from the bottom. Every third person who took a cone shell in his hand can die from the poisonous bite of this snail. The mollusk instantly plunges into one of the spikes that disturbed him, replacing his teeth, and located in the narrow edge of the shell. The pain from the bite is so strong that a person can lose consciousness. In addition, his limbs become numb, and paralysis of the cardiovascular system and respiratory organs may occur. Death can occur within minutes of being bitten. Dozens of cone-bite deaths are recorded every year. In the Pacific Ocean, up to three people die each year because of this mollusk, while only one is killed due to shark attacks.
Not all cones are dangerous. An anesthetic is made from the poison of some non-dangerous species of these mollusks, to which drug dependence does not occur.
Starfish "crown of thorns"
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Starfish live on the bottom, moving along it with the help of numerous legs. These creatures come in all colors of the rainbow, from red to purple, and can be up to one meter in diameter. The starfish is a predator and orderly of the sea, it feeds on plankton, mollusks and carrion. Some species are able to turn the stomach outward, envelop food with it and digest it in this way.
There are hundreds of species of starfish in the Red Sea, of which only the "crowns of thorns" are dangerous. The spines of this creature are poisonous, but not deadly: if you touch them, you will get severe swelling. The pain is not very strong, but the burn requires a mandatory visit to the doctor.
fire coral
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Fire corals are not real, but pseudo corals. They are branched colonies of polyps - invertebrates 1-2 mm in size. Polyps stand for themselves houses-cells in which they live all their lives. Fire corals grow up to five meters in height, and colonies settle - not far from the coast. Such an organism feeds on plankton, which it hunts by putting its tentacles out and paralyzing the victim with poison from miniature harpoons.
Corals of any kind can cause painful cuts, and "fire corals" are also poisonous. The number of burns by this living organism is more than one and a half thousand a year. The main danger with such an injury is pain shock, due to which a person can choke. In addition, from contact with fire coral, ulcers occur that do not heal for a very long time.
First aid after contact with coral is to treat the wound lemon juice or vinegar - this should neutralize the poison. Then you need to see a doctor.
Fiery and red-bearded lips
The Red Sea is an amazing place of extraordinary beauty. It attracts millions of tourists with azure water, magnificent corals and unusual inhabitants of the deep sea. To get to know the underwater inhabitants better, we bring to your attention a selection of Red Sea fish.
The diversity of the fauna of the reservoir
The Red Sea is the only one among such water spaces into which no river flows. The natural process of water circulation is carried out only in the southern part of the natural reservoir through the Bab-El-Mandeb Strait. Such natural isolation contributed to the diversity of the fauna.
Thousands of amazing animals live in its sea waters. And a quarter of them can be found only in this part of the world. Those who visit this paradise for the first time and watch the fish living in the Red Sea are struck by the transparency of the water and the countless number of nimble colorful underwater inhabitants scurrying around.
The absence of flowing rivers has caused the water in the sea to be unusually salty. The concentration of crystalline matter is so high that it is unrealistic for a person to drown in its waters. Fish living in the sea has a highly developed musculature, and its meat is famous for its minimal fat content. It is no coincidence that seafood delivered from this paradise, belong to the list of dietary.
There is a version that the Red Sea got its name due to the numerous colonies of corals, as well as algae, which have the ability to change the color of the water from azure to reddish in a certain period.
Harmless inhabitants of the Red Sea
The underwater world of the Red Sea is incredibly beautiful and diverse. Here you can meet the most intellectually developed animals - bottlenose dolphins. Agile and mobile animals settle in large families and hunt crustaceans and fish. Places most favored by dolphins:
- St. John reef near Zabargad Island;
- in the lagoon of Shaab Sharm reef;
- lagoon Shaab Sataya;
- reef complex Samadi.
Photo taken underwater in Shaab Sataya Lagoon
Dolphins differ from other underwater inhabitants in their reverent attitude towards their fellows. They never leave a family member in trouble.
Among the widest variety of Red Sea fish species, the most interesting are:
Near the coral reefs, you can find many more species of interesting fish. This is a box-cube, which has an unusual square body shape, the appearance of which will certainly cause a smile, and the blue surgeon, known to many from the cartoon Finding Nemo, and the graceful beauty of the flute fish.
Venomous Depths
The inhabitants of the Red Sea are amazingly beautiful, but meeting with many of them can be dangerous for humans. Even coral fish can be poisonous. The threat lurks in the fins and colorful plumage with which they kill their prey.
Know your enemy better! Which of them pose a threat to swimmers?
Anyone who has ever snorkeled or dived in the waters of the Red Sea will confirm that among the fish that live in it, moray eels have the most awesome look. Horror causes an opening mouth. In fact, this is how moray eels breathe.
But don't relax! Moray eel is a fish, although it is peaceful, but in case of danger it demonstrates a violent and even aggressive disposition. In an effort to protect her home from curious swimmers, she is ready to attack.
Her fearlessness in front of a person and the presence of sharp teeth makes the fish especially dangerous. The moray eel feeds mainly on shrimp, crabs and small fish, but can covet octopus and squid.
The skin of these motley beauties does not have scales. But the thick mucus covering the body, which protects the moray eels from large predators, can cause severe burns.
stone fish
The warthog, which lives near coral reefs, is considered one of the most poisonous fish in the world. Due to its ability to mimic, the predator is quite difficult to detect. The speckled-brown coloring helps her in this. A wart buried in silt or sand, the size of which does not exceed 30-50 cm, is easy to confuse with a stone or plant.
The main weapon of the predator is the pectoral fins, which are 12 thick spines with glands that secrete poison. It contains a neurotoxin that causes severe pain followed by paralysis and tissue death. The needles of the fin are so sharp that they can easily pierce even the soles of shoes.
The outcome of an unsuccessful "contact" depends on the degree of damage. With a deep penetration, an injection can be fatal, with a slight one, it can cause swelling that will “slow down” for several months.
The motley beauty lionfish got its name due to the developed pectoral fins, outwardly similar to wings. Due to the striped coloring, it is often called a zebra fish. The lionfish leads a sedentary lifestyle: during the day it hides among the stones in the caves, and at night it hunts for mollusks.
The main decoration of the lionfish is the luxurious dorsal and pectoral fins. But it is precisely in them that the danger lies. They contain sharp needles that release poison.
Beginning scuba divers often "catch" on the colors. Wishing to be photographed with a motley fish, they try to get as close as possible to it and pick it up. At this moment, the "zebra" releases a terrible injection with a portion of poison, which can cause convulsions and heart rhythm disturbances. Experiencing a sharp pain, a person is able to lose consciousness and fall into a state of shock.
Representatives of echinoderms are one of the most common inhabitants of the Red Sea. Hedgehogs settle near the coast, feed on plankton.
The diameter of the body of these creatures does not exceed 10 centimeters, the "volume" is set by long needles sticking out in all directions. It is in them that the main danger lies. The sharp ends of the needle are surrounded by sacs with a poisonous liquid. For humans, this poison is not fatal, but rather painful. In some cases, it can cause palpitations and numbness.
Contact with a hedgehog is also fraught with the fact that its sharp needles have a fragile structure. Having penetrated deep under the skin, they often break off. Getting them is extremely difficult.
The laminabranch cartilaginous fish stand out from their counterparts with an unusual body shape. The flattened body is framed by large pectoral fins, smoothly growing together with the head. The color of the upper side of the fish, adapting to the living space, varies from black to light sand.
In the waters of the Red Sea there are large specimens of fish, the main weapon of which is the ability to cause an electric shock. From the transformed muscles, with the help of a special organ located in the tail section, they can paralyze prey by generating electrical discharges in the range from 60 to 230 volts. For a person, an electric shock is not very dangerous, although there are cases when it caused paralytic shock.
In addition to electric stingrays in the waters of the Red Sea, there are also stingrays that wield poisonous spikes. Injection wounds are very painful and take a long time to heal.
Agile and voracious predators with huge mouths and large knife-like teeth mainly feed on fish. But large individuals are able to attack people.
Sea pikes live at shallow depths. They live in packs, but prefer to hunt alone. Magnificent huntresses are able to remain still for a long time and sneak up unnoticed. Camouflage coloring helps them with this.
In relation to people, barracudas are aggressive. They attack with lightning speed, inflicting lacerated wounds with sharp little teeth. Up to a hundred people suffer from these creatures every year. Half of the cases end in death.
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The Red Sea belongs to the Indian Ocean, washes the shores of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sudan, Israel, Djibouti, Yemen and Eritrea. Accordingly, the sea is located between and the Arabian Peninsula.
On the map, this is a narrow gap between Eurasia and Africa. The length of the reservoir is 2350 kilometers. The width of the Red Sea is 2 thousand kilometers less. Since the reservoir enters the ocean only fragmentarily, it refers to the internal, that is, surrounded by land.
Thousands of divers descend from it into the sea. They are attracted by the beauty of the underwater world and the variety of fish in the Red Sea. Tourists compare it to a huge, richly arranged and populated aquarium.
Sharks of the Red Sea
These red sea fish divided into pelagic and coastal. The former prefer the open sea. Pelagic sharks approach the shores only near islands with steep reefs that go deep into the depths. Coastal, on the contrary, rarely enter the open sea.
Coastal sharks of the Red Sea
The nurse shark belongs to the coastal ones. Its name is due to the friendliness of the fish. It belongs to the family of mustachioed sharks. Two outgrowths are located on the upper jaw. This prevents the nanny from being confused with other sharks. However, in muddy water possible parallels with representatives brindle.
Nurse sharks do not live at depths of more than 6 meters. At the same time, individual individuals reach 3 meters in length.
You can distinguish the nanny from other sharks by the presence of outgrowths at the mouth.
Blacktip reef sharks also stay off the coast. Their length rarely exceeds 1.5 meters. Blackfins belong to the family of gray sharks. The name of the species is associated with black markings at the ends of the fins.
Blacktip sharks are shy, cautious, not prone to attacks on people. In extreme cases, defending themselves, the fish bit the fins and knees of the divers.
There is also a whitetip reef shark in the Red Sea. It is longer than 2 meters. On the gray fins of the fish, the spots are already snow-white.
Silvertip sharks also have white markings. However, its second dorsal fin is smaller than that of the whitetip, and its eyes are round instead of oval. The gray reef shark is also found off the coast of the Red Sea. The fish has no markings. The length of the animal reaches 2.6 meters.
The gray reef shark is aggressive and dislikes curiosity and contact attempts from divers. The tiger shark is also found off the coast. Representatives of the species are aggressive and large - up to 6 meters in length. The weight of the animal is 900 kilograms.
Names of fish in the Red Sea often due to their color. This also applies to tiger sharks. Belonging to the gray family, it has brownish spots on its back. For them, the species is also called leopard.
Another representative of the coastal fauna of the Red Sea is the zebra shark. It is more than 3 meters, but peaceful. The zebra shark is elongated, graceful, painted in black and white stripes. There are also hammer sharks, silver sharks and sand sharks off the coast.
Pelagic sharks of the Red Sea
Pelagic species include: oceanic, silky, whale, white and mako shark. The latter is the most aggressive, insatiable. The length of the fish exceeds 3 meters. There are 4-meter individuals.
The second name of the mako is the black-nosed shark. The name is due to the color. The darkened snout is elongated. Therefore, two subspecies are distinguished. One of them is long and the other is short.
Mako is one of the most dangerous sharks in the world.
Still far from the coast, a giant hammerhead shark swims. Unlike the coastal one, it is longer than 6 meters. The giant hammer is an aggressive look. Cases of attacks on people with a fatal outcome have been recorded.
In the Red Sea, the giant hammerhead shark is at a comfortable temperature. However, fish are tolerant of cool waters. Sometimes hammers are found even in the seas of the Primorsky Territory of Russia, in particular, in Japan.
Red Sea slopes
These carnivorous fish of the red sea are the closest relatives of sharks. Skates are also chordates. In other words, the skeleton of fish is devoid of bones. Instead, cartilage.
The community of stingrays is divided into two groups. One contains rhomboid stingrays. Another group includes electrical species.
Rhomboid rays of the Red Sea
The stingrays of the detachment are divided into three families. All are represented in the Red Sea. The first family is the eagle rays. They are pelagic. All bracken are giant, distinguished by a clearly defined head, interruption of the pectoral fins at eye level.
Many eagles have a semblance of a beak. These are the joined edges of the pectoral fins. They are fused under the top of the snout.
The second family of rhombic rays is stingrays. Their bodies are equipped with small spikes. On the tail there is one or more large ones. The maximum length of the needle is 37 centimeters.
stingrays - poisonous red sea fish. Channels through which the toxin flows are brought out into the tail spines. The stingray attacks in the manner of a scorpion. When the poison enters the body, blood pressure drops, tachycardia occurs, and paralysis is possible.
The last family of the rhombic detachment is called dead. It is easy to confuse them with sharks, since the body of the fish is slightly flattened. However, gill slits in deadheads are located at the bottom of the body, like in other rays. Rokhlevye slopes float due to the tail. Other rays move mainly with the help of pectoral fins.
The stingray is easily mistaken for a shark because of its spiked tail.
Electric rays of the Red Sea
There are also three families in the detachment. Representatives of all are often brightly colored, have a shortened tail and a rounded body. Paired electrical organs are located on the sides of the fish's head. The discharge is generated after a stingray brain impulse. The first family of the order is gnus rays. It is represented in the Red Sea as marbled and smooth. The latter is considered common.
The second family of electric stingrays in the pond is represented by daffodils. These are slow, demersal fish. They do not descend to a depth of more than 1,000 meters. Often, narcin rays are found in sandy bays and near coral reefs.
Narcine rays produce electricity up to 37 volts. Such tension is not dangerous for a person, although it is painful.
Even in the detachment of electric rays there is a family of sawflies. Pictured are fish from the Red Sea more reminiscent of sharks and have bony outgrowths on the sides of the head. Outgrowths fix a strongly elongated snout. In fact, we are talking about sawfish.
Red Sea wrasses
Wrasses are an extensive family of 505 species. They are divided into 75 genera. They are presented as miniature fish a few centimeters long, as well as giants 2.5 meters and weighing about 2 centners.
All wrasses have an elongated oval body covered with large and dense scales. Another difference is the retractable mouth. He looks small. But the lips of the fish are large and fleshy. Hence the name of the family.
In the Red Sea, wrasses are represented, for example, by the Napoleon fish. This is a 2-meter, good-natured representative of the ichthyofauna. On the forehead of the fish there are skin outgrowths resembling a cocked hat. Napoleon wore this. Hence the name of the fish.
You can meet an individual in a cocked hat near coastal reefs. Big fish of the Red Sea have an equally impressive intelligence. Unlike most of their relatives, Napoleons remember people with whom they had a chance to meet and contact. Contact often consists of pushing the diver's hand, as if asking for a stroke.
Perch of the Red Sea
In the reservoir, mainly stone perches are represented. They are named so because they stay near the bottom, disguising themselves as stones lying on it, hiding between them. Stone perches are part of the Seranidae family.
It has more than 500 species of fish. Most live at depths up to 200 meters, have large and sharp teeth, spiked fins. In the Red Sea, known for its abundance of coral reefs, groupers include:
Antias
For their diminutiveness and brightness they are called fabulous perches. They are popular with aquarists and often adorn photos taken underwater. Antias, like most rockfish, are protogenic hermaphrodites.
The fish are born as females. They remain the majority of individuals. A minority are converted into males. They are gaining harems. According to some reports, there are up to 500 females in them.
Groupers
Their upper lip is fixed on the head with skin ligaments. When it goes down lower jaw, the mouth becomes tubular. This helps, like a vacuum cleaner, to draw in crustaceans - the main food of the groupers.
Far from the shores of the Red Sea, a wandering one is found. Its length reaches 2.7 meters. With such sizes, the fish is a danger to scuba divers, it is able to suck them up, like crustaceans. This can happen by accident, because groupers intentionally do not reveal aggression towards a person.
barracudas
Eight of the 21 known species occur in the Red Sea. The largest is the giant. It reaches a length of 2.1 meters. Fish of the perch-like order outwardly resemble river pikes. The animal has a massive lower jaw. She is pushed forward. Large and strong teeth are hidden in the mouth. A few more rows of small and sharp ones are visible from the outside.
butterfly fish
They belong to the family of the shield-toothed. The name refers to the shape and size of the teeth. They are located in a miniature, retractable mouth. Butterflies are also distinguished by an oval, strongly laterally compressed body. Butterflies are endemic to the Red Sea. There are a lot of fish in it, but they are not found outside the reservoir.
parrot fish
They represent a separate family of perciformes. Parrotfish have fused incisors. They form a kind of beak. The jaws of fish are folded in two plates. There is a seam between them. This helps to bite off the corals. They eat algae.
The fish seem to absorb the color of the corals. The brightness of underwater inhabitants is another reason to call them parrots. Unlike adults, young parrotfish are monochromatic, dull. With age, not only colors appear, but also a powerful forehead.
Backhorn fish of the sea
They belong to the order of pufferfish. It also contains sea urchins, moonfish and files. They also live in the Red Sea. However, if files and moons move away from the coast, triggerfish stay close. Species of the family are distinguished by a fin hidden in a skin fold with their back. It comes out when the fish sleeps. She hides among the corals. The fin helps to stay in cover.
Picasso rhynecants
Found only in the Red Sea. What fish externally? Tall, elongated and flattened laterally. The head is like a triangle. The eyes are set high, connected by blue-blue stripes extending to the gills. The body of the fish is oval. The tail stalk is decorated with three black lines. One line extends from the mouth to the fins on the chest. The back of the fish is olive and the belly is whitish.
Rinecanths are the smallest of the triggerfish. The nuances of Picasso's appearance may vary depending on the species. Some live outside the Red Sea, for example, the Indo-Pacific region.
Giant triggerfish
Otherwise known as titanium. In the triggerfish family, the fish is the largest, exceeding 70 centimeters in length. The weight of the animal reaches 10 kilograms. Titans - dangerous fish in the red sea. Animals pose a danger during mating and raising offspring.
For caviar, giant triggerfish pull out at the bottom of the nest. Their width reaches 2 meters, and the depth - 75 centimeters. This territory is actively defended. Approaching divers are attacked by biting. Fish have no poison. However, triggerfish bites are painful and take a long time to heal.
Red Sea Angelfish
They belong to the genus Pomacant. All of its representatives are miniature. Let's start with the biggest one.
yellow-striped pomacanth
Large representatives of the species weigh about 1 kilogram. Yellow-striped individuals descend to considerable depths, often choosing reefs that go down sheer. They are called yellow-striped fish because they have a vertical line in the middle of the body. It is wide and bright yellow. The rest of the body is painted in blue-green tones.
Emperor Angelfish
This pomacanth is medium in size, up to 35 centimeters in length. The body of the fish is painted blue. There are yellow lines on top. They are located horizontally or at an angle. A brown streak runs through the eyes.
A bright blue "field" separates the head from the body. The anal fin is the same color. The tail is almost orange. A brilliance worthy of an angelic creation. The imperial angel is loved by aquarists. One individual needs 400 liters of water.
Anglerfish of the Red Sea
The order consists of 11 families. Their representatives have luminous organs. They are at the eyes, ears, anal fin, on the tail and under it.
Indian lanternfish
Her luminous organs are located on the lower eyelid. Energy is produced by symbiotic bacteria. Light attracts zooplankton - a favorite delicacy of lanterns. The Indian lantern fish is miniature, not exceeding 11 centimeters in length.
The species is the only anglerfish widespread in the Red Sea. By the way, the detachment fish anglers are called, by the way, because of the head luminous organ. In species that possess it, it is suspended on a thin and long outgrowth, resembling a float on a fishing line.
Scorpionfish of the Red Sea
More than 200 species of fish belong to scorpionfish. The squad is called warts. The fish included in it can last 20 hours without water. Touching even weakened individuals is not recommended. The body of the fish is equipped with poisonous spines.
stone fish
The fish got its name because it imitates a stone by the surface of the body. In order to merge with the boulders, the animal lives at the bottom. Those very warts help to merge with the bottom landscape. There are a lot of growths on the body of the stone. Additionally, the fish matches the color of the bottom boulders. The stone is the most poisonous fish in the Red Sea.
Some individuals reach a length of 50 centimeters. The wart, like other fish of the Red Sea, "tastes" its salinity. It is larger than in other seas. It's about accelerated evaporation.
The Red Sea is shallow and sandwiched between mainland lands. The climate there is tropical. Together, these factors contribute to active evaporation. Accordingly, the concentration of salt per liter of water increases.
Very rich in various inhabitants, it contains very a large number of varieties of fish. The water in it is clean and transparent, very salty, it is very easy to learn to swim in it.
Swimming in it you get a pleasure, the water keeps your body afloat well.
I liked this sea very much, much better than on the Black and Azov Seas.
But you need to be careful, the Red Sea hides some dangers, it has a very large variety of poisonous fish.
What does the fish have brighter color, the more poisonous it is, you can’t catch them with your hands, as you can get burned due to their poison.
Here are the most dangerous inhabitants of the Red Sea:
Shark- the largest and most dangerous predator of the Red Sea, in this sea there are about 30 species of sharks, the 2 most dangerous are the tiger shark that attacks people and the long-winged shark. Some claim that there is even a white shark, the most dangerous shark in the world, but there is no evidence for this yet. Maybe someone deliberately started such gossip to scare people. No need to be very scared, these sharks are current in the open sea, and they do not swim near the coast.
Look how many people spend their holidays in Egypt every day and they are not attacked by sharks. True, in 2010 there was a case when sharks attacked 4 tourists, but these sharks were caught and killed (as the Egyptian authorities say). Why did it happen so? The explanations were that some ship dumped a batch of spoiled meat into the sea, the sharks, having eaten it, swam to the shore, smelling from this ship.
In 2011, everything is calm and there was not a single attack on a person, so sharks in the Red Sea are not so dangerous, many species do not pose a threat to humans at all.
stingrays - another inhabitant of the red sea they are of two types: electric stingray and stingray stingray. The first type has the property of launching an electric discharge, it is dangerous because it is painful, and paralytic shock is also possible. And the second species at the end of the tail has a spike with poison. This injection is very painful and the wound heals for a long time after the injection.
sea urchins- I think you have heard about them more than once, who have been at least once in Egypt, heard how the guide immediately warns people to be careful not to step on him in the water. On the territory of the hotel or in the market you can buy special slippers in which you will swim in the sea. I swam without them, the first rule is not to walk on the bottom of the sea, since it is at the bottom that they lie resting. They are practically absent on sandy beaches, but on reef beaches this is their favorite place.
Why are sea urchins dangerous?, firstly, they are prickly when you step on it, it hurts, and secondly, its needles are poisonous. Stepping on it you will feel paralysis of the limbs of the body, severe burning pain and after that you cannot walk for 3 days (bed rest).
And then another week you walk and limp, because your leg hurts a lot.
I talked to a woman who stepped on a hedgehog last year, she swam on a reef beach, or rather she didn’t know how to swim and walked with her feet on the bottom until she stepped on it. HER words: It was a nightmare, my whole vacation was spoiled, my mood was no. The leg was smeared with some kind of ointment, even after arriving home, the leg still ached.
Barracuda fish- this fish is dangerous because it has very sharp teeth like a blade, it is considered one of the fastest fish in the sea can instantly develop great speed. It grows up to two meters, people should not be afraid of it, it feeds on small fish. You don't need to go under water to them because the barracuda will not like this and may start to defend itself and attack you, it has strong jaws and sharp teeth.
moray eel- at a glance, the fish is very scary, not beautiful, it looks like a snake, it has neither scales nor fins. In addition, her bite is dangerous because infection begins. human body. The coloring is different, the color of the camouflage depends on where it is located (dwells). It has sharp teeth, 2-2.5 m long, there are also small species up to 10 cm, which no longer grow, although their teeth are very sharp. These are nocturnal animals, during the day you will not see them in the water, they lie somewhere in the gorges and rest.
sea snakes- These are dangerous inhabitants of the Red Sea, their poison is several times stronger than the poison of a cobra. But the action of the poison is very slow, if you are bitten by a snake you have time to get out of the water and call an ambulance (or you will be taken to the hospital) where they will give you an antidote.
Zebra fish or other name Lionfish- This type of fish is very poisonous. The lionfish looks like a fan of feathers, this fish is even afraid to touch other fish, you need to stay away from it. At the time of receiving an injection, severe pain and burning of a part of the body begin, convulsions begin, the work of the heart worsens, death is possible.
The poison of this fish is destroyed by high temperature, at the time of her injection, you need to immerse a part of the body in hot water and keep it as long as possible, the hotter the better. But you also need to realistically assess the situation, you can’t put your hand in boiling water at 90 degrees, you will get severe burns from the water itself. It is necessary to choose a certain temperature of 50 -60, I think it’s still realistic to put your hand into it, after which you immediately contact the hospital.
Starfish- belongs to the class of invertebrates, they come in different sizes from 1 cm to 1 meter. Coloring is different, depending on their type, on its rays there are spikes that are poisonous. When you step on it, it is very painful, redness appears at the injection site and burns.
sea clam Cone very poisonous, in no case do not pick it up, if it stings you from its poison, paralysis of the limb immediately begins. You may stop breathing and go into analophic shock. Of every 3 pricks with a thorn of this mollusk, one death.
Don't worry too much, yeah there are many dangerous inhabitants in the red sea, but they don't attack that often, very rarely.
After all, there are also different predators in the forest: a wolf, a lynx, a bear, but you still go there, and it’s almost impossible to meet them during the day, also in the Red Sea, during the day these inhabitants rest at depths or in gorges, so you don’t have to be very afraid , just be careful to follow the minimum recommendations:
1. do not swim far from the shore
2. do not swim in the open sea
3. do not swim at night
4. Do not go into the water when you have a cut on a part of your body (blood came out).
If the Red Sea were so dangerous, then no one would swim in it (even the locals) and no one would go to Egypt to rest.
What to do if you accidentally met with some kind of inhabitant of the Red Sea with the above (this applies to everything except sharks):
Firstly, in no case should you panic, this is not a shark and it will not rush at you.
Second, keep a certain distance, do not get close to them, why would you risk it.
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