Fish Watcher's

	The *Red Sea* has a large number of sharks and in some areas, for example the open sea reefs in the sudanese water,it is practically impossible not to encounter at least one during a dive .They have not got a very good reputation, but with the gradual abandonment
The enormous and completely harmless Manta Rays are also master swimming in perpetual movement and feeding on plankton. They can reach a colossal size, even up to 6 or 7 meters "Wing" span in some periods of the year, especially in the southern part of the *Red Sea* ,They gather in huge throngs, probably for the purpose of reproduction.
	An encounter with a large shoal of young barracudas swimming in the middle water is always exciting. They look like ferocious predators with their jaws half open their terrible teeth visible. All members of this family are voracious predators,But as long as they are not annoyed or provoked they avoide attacking humans.
The body of the platax or Batfish is laterally much compressed and of a circular form, so much so as to call to mind a plate or a frying pan . They are covered with shiny silver-coloured scales with dark stripes and are not great swimming .They own their name of batfish to the great growth that the dorsal and ventral fins undergo at a youthful age. making them look like wings.
	Some of the most important tropical species from a commercial point of view; most of these fish live either alone or in little groups near the reef in shallow or intermediate depths of water (up to 100 m) though some species can reach 500 m.depth .
Groupers are widespread in tropical seas from a few metres to over 200 metres depth and are famous for their high commercial value . large sharp canines are a feature of these predators who mainly feed on fish and crustaceans .
	The family of wrasses is second only the gobiidae in number of species. Its members vary enormously in form, colour and size, going from fish a few cientimetres long to colossi of 2 meters. many species of the family possess strong teeth which protude from their mouth and which they use to chop up sea urchins, crustaceans and molluscs.
Butterflyfish are among the most typical and most colourful reef fish and are distinguished from the pomacanthidae by the absence of the opercular spine. during the day they patrol the territory alone or in pairs,Whilst they pass the night lying on the seabottom, their colouring changing slightly and becoming a bit darker.
	The pomacentridae are one of the most numerous groups in the shallow waters of the coral reef. colouring varies greatly within the faimly, going from dark colours like brown, dark grey and black to bright and striking combinations of orange, yellow and electric blue.
Parrotfish owe their name to their teeth which are joined in a structure similar to a beak and to the brilliant colours of their skin. most of them feed on the thin layer of algae which covers the corals, scraping off part of these latter as well and making an unmistakable noise.