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Safaga Soraya
Life recorded at Safaga Soraya
59 species within 1.5 km · OBISAll 59 species recorded in this area
| Species | How often | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Amblyeleotris steinitzi | occasional | 5 |
| Eviota marerubrum | rare | 3 |
| Pseudobalistes fuscus | rare | 3 |
| Amphiprion bicinctus | rare | 3 |
| Chlorurus sordidus | rare | 2 |
| Istigobius decoratus | rare | 2 |
| Mulloidichthys vanicolensis | rare | 2 |
| Chromis viridis | rare | 2 |
| Sargocentron caudimaculatum | rare | 2 |
| Abudefduf vaigiensis | rare | 2 |
| Paracirrhites forsteri | rare | 2 |
| Dascyllus trimaculatus | rare | 2 |
| Chaetodon austriacus | rare | 2 |
| Epinephelus tauvina | rare | 2 |
| Pygoplites diacanthus | rare | 1 |
| Tridacna maxima | rare | 1 |
| Sepioteuthis lessoniana | rare | 1 |
| Anampses meleagrides | rare | 1 |
| Arothron stellatus | rare | 1 |
| Bothus pantherinus | rare | 1 |
| Caesio striata | rare | 1 |
| Chaetodon fasciatus | rare | 1 |
| Chaetodon melannotus | rare | 1 |
| Cheilinus quinquecinctus | rare | 1 |
| Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis | rare | 1 |
| Cyclichthys spilostylus | rare | 1 |
| Dascyllus abudafur | rare | 1 |
| Epibulus insidiator | rare | 1 |
| Halichoeres hortulanus | rare | 1 |
| Halichoeres scapularis | rare | 1 |
| Heniochus intermedius | rare | 1 |
| Hologymnosus annulatus | rare | 1 |
| Hypselodoris pulchella | rare | 1 |
| Lotilia graciliosa | rare | 1 |
| Naso elegans | rare | 1 |
| Parapercis hexophtalma | rare | 1 |
| Scarus fuscopurpureus | rare | 1 |
| Scarus niger | rare | 1 |
| Sufflamen albicaudatum | rare | 1 |
| Zebrasoma desjardinii | rare | 1 |
| Zebrasoma xanthurum | rare | 1 |
| Abudefduf sexfasciatus | rare | 1 |
| Arothron hispidus | rare | 1 |
| Monotaxis grandoculis | rare | 1 |
| Pterois miles | rare | 1 |
| Tursiops aduncus | rare | 1 |
| Amphimedon paraviridis | rare | 1 |
| Crella (Grayella) cyathophora | rare | 1 |
| Callyspongia crassa | rare | 1 |
| Chromodoris quadricolor | rare | 1 |
| Dardanus lagopodes | rare | 1 |
| Epinephelus fasciatus | rare | 1 |
| Inimicus filamentosus | rare | 1 |
| Myripristis murdjan | rare | 1 |
| Neoniphon sammara | rare | 1 |
| Pedum spondyloideum | rare | 1 |
| Pseudanthias squamipinnis | rare | 1 |
| Pseudochromis flavivertex | rare | 1 |
| Pteria aegyptiaca | rare | 1 |
Nearby sites in Safaga
Explore all sitesA minor reef in Safaga Bay that almost nobody has written about - listed here honestly rather than filled in.
A U-shaped reef half an hour out of Safaga with three pinnacles off the north end and seagrass in the lagoon.
The small half of the Gamul pair north of Safaga Island: a round reef with a sand plateau of coral pinnacles and a garden-eel colony off its south side.
Three chains of linked coral ergs meeting in an inverted Y on white sand at 12 to 15 m, with a tunnel and a canyon on the eastern arm.
The middle block of the Tobia chain: one gorgonian-hung pillar and a scatter of smaller ergs between Tobia Kebir and Tobia Soraya.
The big one of the Tobia reefs: a long north-south reef with ergs off its southern end, a channel to cross, and a glassfish cave at about 10 m.
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