Dive guide

Marine life

Fish and animals: friendly, venomous and aggressive.

Masters of camouflage and clever hunters.

Opens and closes its mouth to breathe; this is not a threat.

Sleek silver predators that hover in schools.

Common on healthy reefs and shy of divers.

Seen in schools at offshore sites; very shy.

Spines can pierce skin and snap off.

Spiny starfish that eats living coral.

Not a true coral; its touch burns like nettles.

Many species sting; most stings in the Red Sea are mild.

Inflate with water when stressed.

Venomous but very rarely bite people.