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About this site
Umm Gamar West lies off Umm Gamar Island, a well known reef site north of Hurghada in Egypt's Red Sea Governorate. The island sits within the cluster of offshore reefs reached by day boats from Hurghada's marinas, along the central Egyptian Red Sea coast.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Green DamselfishAmblyglyphidodon indicusReported here · unconfirmed
Slingjaw WrasseEpibulus insidiatorReported here · unconfirmed
Arabian Picasso TriggerfishRhinecanthus assasiReported here · unconfirmed
Sulfur DamselPomacentrus sulfureusReported here · unconfirmed
Goldsaddle GoatfishParupeneus cyclostomusReported here · unconfirmed
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteriReported here · unconfirmed
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