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Wildlife In Saudi Arabia

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots across Saudi Arabia.

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it
Sharks

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

4 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Wrasse

4 linked spots

Jellyfish

Sea Wasp

3 linked spots

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Pipefish

2 linked spots

Sharks

Thresher Shark

2 linked spots

Freshwater Fishes

Walleye

Sander vitreus

2 linked spots

Sharks

Wobbegong

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water
Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

1 linked spot

white shark under blue sky
Sharks

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spot

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Image ID: corl0207, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection Location: Pacific Remote Islands, Kingman Reef Photo Date: 2015 Photographer: Kevin Lino NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD
Sharks

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

1 linked spot

A leafy seadragon floats in the water.
Seahorses and Pipefishes

Leafy Seadragon

Phycodurus eques

1 linked spot

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

1 linked spot

Turtles

Olive Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Porcupinefish

1 linked spot

Jellyfish

Portuguese Man o'War

Physalia physalis

1 linked spot

Rays

Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)

Rhinomuraena quaesita

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Seamoth

1 linked spot

Sharks

Silvertip Shark

Carcharhinus albimarginatus

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Tarpon

1 linked spot

Sharks

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

1 linked spot

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Weedy Seadragon

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

1 linked spot

Sharks

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

1 linked spot