What fish can you catch in Egypt?

In Egypt, you can catch 123 species including Crescent-wing pygmygoby, Blackspot snapper, Red goatfish, Orangeback bass, Chelon caeruleus and 118 more.

Where are the best fishing spots in Egypt?

The best fishing locations in Egypt include Red Sea – Dahab Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, The Brothers Islands, Sharm El Sheikh Mullet Flats, Red Sea Reef and 48 more spots.

What fish can you catch in Egypt?

In Egypt, you can catch 123 species including Crescent-wing pygmygoby, Blackspot snapper, Red goatfish, Orangeback bass, Chelon caeruleus and 118 more.

Where are the best fishing spots in Egypt?

The best fishing locations in Egypt include Red Sea – Dahab Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, The Brothers Islands, Sharm El Sheikh Mullet Flats, Red Sea Reef and 48 more spots.

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Fishing in Egypt

123 species across 53 spots

Egypt offers fishing across 53 spots with 123 species in marine, marine, freshwater, brackish, freshwater waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.

Best months: September-november, September‑november, March-may, March‑may

Top Spots

Ras Mohammed National Park35 species

World‑renowned Red Sea reef with abundant Blackspot snapper on steep drop‑offs and vibrant coral structures.

Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea14 species

World‑renowned dive site with vibrant reefs; African perchlet is a regular catch among the small serranids.

Ras Mohammed National Park6 species

Protected marine park in the Red Sea with steep drop‑offs and vibrant coral where Pearl blenny thrive.

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Species

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Crescent-wing pygmygoby

Trimma omanense

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Fishing in Egypt

Species

Crescent-wing pygmygoby

Blackspot snapper

Red goatfish

Orangeback bass

Chelon caeruleus

Saddle wrasse

Serranus goliath

Serranus salmonopsis

Ercolania annelyleorum

Humpback red snapper

Pearl blenny

Plumed scorpionfish

Threadfin butterflyfish

Red-spotted blenny

Circle-cheek wrasse

Bluestriped butterflyfish

Azurina meridiana

African perchlet

Charax unimaculatus

Santer seabream

Cline

Nile labeo

Grammistes macrophthalmus

Green jobfish

Branchiostegus argentatus

Yellow-brown chromis

Serranus marmoratus

Stone triggerfish

Stephanoma phaeosporum

Nile tilapia

Nile perch

Ornate wrasse

Goosehead scorpionfish

Striped mullet

Bluespot mullet

Orange-spotted grouper

Pygmy scorpionfish

Sauro lizardfish

Kaalpens goby

Striped clingfish

Yellowstriped squirrelfish

Blackspot picarel

Cambeva davisi

Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus

Opistognathus fossoris

Pyronotanthias unimarginatus

Spotnape butterflyfish

Porogobius schlegelii

Ochetobius elongatus

Acrostalagmus annulatus

Spotted tilapia

Frillfin goby

Orange clownfish

Spotted croucher

Chrionema squamentum

Fire-eye goby

Barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)

Moorish idol

Cadenat's rockfish

Sparus stellatus

Striped parrotfish

Cambeva difficilis

African Threadfish

Yellow-spotted Anthias

Stephanoma italicum

Plain bonito

Clown triggerfish

Longspined porcupinefish

Twospot surgeonfish

Crochet butterflyfish

Short-headed worm eel

Priolepis ailina

Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus

Acrostalagmus ochraceus

Golden eye jobfish

Southern meagre

Bartail flathead