Encounter with an Blackside Hawkfish in the coral while diving in the Red Sea in Egypt

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Encounter with an fish in the coral while diving in the Red Sea in Egypt. The Red Sea is a salt water inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The Red Sea has a surface area of about 438,000 km² (169,100 square miles ). It is roughly 2250 km (1398 mi) long and, at its widest point at 355 km ( miles) wide. It has a maximum depth of 2211 m (7254 ft) in the central median trench and an average depth of 490 m (1,608 feet ), but there are also extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea is the habitat of over 1,000 invertebrate species and 200 soft and hard corals and is the world's northernmost tropical sea.

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Location: “Red Sea” Egypt “Arab Republic of Egypt”
Photo credit: © Fotograferen.net / Alamy / Afripics
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