Queen Wall
Egypt
Queen Wall
Life recorded at Queen Wall
60 species within 1.5 km · OBISAll 60 species recorded in this area
| Species | How often | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Abudefduf vaigiensis | occasional | 30 |
| Pterois miles | occasional | 26 |
| Zebrasoma desjardinii | occasional | 24 |
| Taeniura lymma | occasional | 19 |
| Balistapus undulatus | occasional | 17 |
| Priacanthus hamrur | occasional | 17 |
| Arothron diadematus | occasional | 17 |
| Acanthurus sohal | occasional | 16 |
| Pygoplites diacanthus | occasional | 16 |
| Cephalopholis miniata | occasional | 16 |
| Heniochus intermedius | occasional | 15 |
| Naso unicornis | occasional | 15 |
| Amblyglyphidodon indicus | occasional | 15 |
| Naso elegans | occasional | 13 |
| Chaetodon semilarvatus | occasional | 12 |
| Chlorurus sordidus | occasional | 12 |
| Thalassoma rueppellii | occasional | 12 |
| Pseudanthias squamipinnis | occasional | 11 |
| Chromis viridis | occasional | 11 |
| Tridacna maxima | occasional | 11 |
| Cephalopholis argus | occasional | 11 |
| Scolopsis ghanam | occasional | 10 |
| Paracirrhites forsteri | occasional | 10 |
| Gymnothorax javanicus | occasional | 10 |
| Chaetodon fasciatus | occasional | 9 |
| Chaetodon austriacus | occasional | 9 |
| Bodianus anthioides | occasional | 9 |
| Fistularia commersonii | occasional | 9 |
| Arothron stellatus | occasional | 9 |
| Scarus niger | occasional | 9 |
| Zebrasoma xanthurum | occasional | 8 |
| Balistoides viridescens | occasional | 8 |
| Chaetodon auriga | occasional | 8 |
| Cheilinus lunulatus | occasional | 8 |
| Ctenochaetus striatus | occasional | 8 |
| Rhinecanthus assasi | occasional | 8 |
| Chaetodon paucifasciatus | occasional | 8 |
| Dascyllus trimaculatus | occasional | 8 |
| Rastrelliger kanagurta | occasional | 7 |
| Parupeneus macronemus | occasional | 7 |
| Hipposcarus harid | occasional | 7 |
| Diodon hystrix | occasional | 7 |
| Pomacentrus sulfureus | occasional | 7 |
| Coenobita scaevola | occasional | 7 |
| Dascyllus abudafur | occasional | 7 |
| Ostracion cyanurus | occasional | 7 |
| Monotaxis grandoculis | occasional | 7 |
| Monodactylus argenteus | occasional | 7 |
| Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus | occasional | 6 |
| Acanthopleura vaillantii | occasional | 6 |
| Mulloidichthys flavolineatus | occasional | 6 |
| Myripristis murdjan | occasional | 6 |
| Pseudochromis fridmani | occasional | 6 |
| Pseudodax moluccanus | occasional | 6 |
| Coris aygula | occasional | 6 |
| Papilloculiceps longiceps | occasional | 6 |
| Amphiprion bicinctus | occasional | 5 |
| Sargocentron caudimaculatum | occasional | 5 |
| Corythoichthys flavofasciatus | occasional | 5 |
| Ophiocoma scolopendrina | occasional | 5 |
Nearby sites in Marsa Alam
Explore all sitesThe outer northern reef at the mouth of Marsa Gabal el Rosas, named for the anemone colony on its 22 m plateau.
A shallow coral garden on the fringing reef in front of the Abo Nawas resort, dived from its jetty or drifted from a speedboat out of Gabal el Rosas.
A narrow U-shaped bay 11 km from Marsa Alam, walked into from the beach, that stays divable when the wind shuts everything else.
One of the few Egyptian reefs you may dive unguided, as often as you like, straight off the beach.
A named wall on the reef just north of Marsa Shagra that operators run regularly and nobody publishes numbers for.
A shore-entry bay north of Marsa Alam with a seagrass floor between two fringing reefs — turtles graze it, and the operators who run it list dugong.
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