Perciformes - Perches
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Carangiformes - Jacks
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanths
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill 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.
