Red sea
Perciformes - Perches
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Labriformes - Wrasses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanths
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Labriformes - Wrasses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanths
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden.
To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).
It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley.
The Red Sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 km2 (169,100 mi2), is about 2250 km (1398 mi) long, and — at its widest point — 355 km (220.6 mi) wide.
It has an average depth of 490 m (1,608 ft), and in the central Suakin Trough it reaches its maximum depth of 3,040 m (9,970 ft).
The Red Sea also has extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea is the habitat of over 1,000 invertebrate species and 200 types of soft and hard coral. It is the worlds northernmost tropical sea.