Don’t Forget Your Sightings – Download the Red Sea Snorkeling Checklist
Use this printable list to tick off what you see while it’s fresh in your memory. It includes 115+ common species, making it the perfect companion for your snorkeling trips.
“Designed by Marine Biologist Dennis Lisbjerg to help you keep track of your Red Sea adventures.”
It is a free download – so what to loose?
We use the secure download platform, Gumroad, and this link will take you there
Fish names are not straight forward
English – Scientific names
The same fish species may have different common names in different regions of the world. The names may originate from translation of local names or other random origin. Thus, if you wish to learn more of a species, the best reference is always the scientific name, as all species only have one approved name.
English – English – English
You may learn different English common names for some of the species, so here you find up to two alternative names for each species. Perhaps you know the very peculiar wrasse that sometimes is called Green birdmouth wrasse – somtimes Indian Bird wrasse – while others know it as Red Sea Bird Wrasse? – But we talk about the exact same species…
Perhaps you know the Napoleon wrasse – or the Humphead wrasse? Both names also refer to the same species… – Read a longer post on naming of species here.
The English names that you find in the checklist, are based on the common names as they appear in FishBase.org (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2023).
There is no right or wrong common name for a fish species, and you are likely to have your local diving or snorkeling guide name the fish differently. The lists include English names that are commonly used in the Red Sea area based on other reference literature, such as 1) Lieske and Myers (2004) or 2) Ryanskiy (2022).
