Egyptian Fish Names in English
68 Mediterranean fish with their Egyptian, English and scientific names.
In Egypt, addad is dentex and bougah is the bogue. This list gives the Egyptian Arabic name, written in Latin letters, for every species in our encyclopedia with a recorded Egyptian name.
Some Egyptian market names cover a whole group of similar fish rather than a single species, so you may see one name on more than one row. Spellings in Latin letters also vary, since Arabic has no single way of writing them.
| Photo | Egyptian | English | Scientific name |
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| A | |||
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Abou bornita | Smooth Hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena |
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Abou shoka | Spiny Dogfish | Squalus acanthias / Squalus blainvillei |
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Abu seif | Swordfish | Xiphias gladius |
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Abu shas aswad elbatn | Anglerfish | Lophius piscatorius / Lophius budegassa |
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Addad | Dentex | Dentex dentex |
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Akrab ahmr | Scorpionfish | Scorpaena scrofa / Scorpaena porcus |
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Albacore | Albacore | Thunnus alalunga |
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Anshouga | Anchovy | Engraulis encrasicolus |
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Aosifer | Horse Mackerel | Trachurus trachurus / Trachurus mediterraneus |
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Arian | Leerfish | Lichia amia |
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Arnab morakt | Silver cheeked Toadfish | Lagocephalus sceleratus |
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Aspore abiad | Two banded Seabream | Diplodus vulgaris |
| B | |||
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Bagha | Blue Runner | Caranx crysos |
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Balamita | Atlantic Bonito | Sarda sarda |
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Ballamah | Greater Weever | Trachinus draco |
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Balmida arida | Little Tunny | Euthynnus alletteratus |
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Barakoda sfraa elfam | Barracuda | Sphyraena sphyraena / Sphyraena viridensis |
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Barbouni Hagar | Striped Red Mullet | Mullus surmuletus |
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Batatah | Rabbitfish | Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus |
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Bbghaa agouz | Mediterranean Parrotfish | Sparisoma cretense |
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Bissaria | Sand Smelt | Atherina hepsetus, Atherina boyeri, and Atherinomorus lacunosus |
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Bokia raktaa | Bluespotted Cornetfish | Fistularia commersonii |
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Bougah | Bogue | Boops boops |
| D | |||
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Denis | Gilthead Seabream | Sparus aurata |
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Djâj ramly | Gurnard | Chelidonichthys lucerna / Trigloporus lastoviza |
| E | |||
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Eskomry mkhatat | Narrow Barred Spanish Mackerel | Scomberomorus commerson |
| F | |||
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Faarah | Pearly Razorfish | Xyrichtys novacula |
| G | |||
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Gamal | John Dory | Zeus faber |
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Ghnbar | Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix |
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Ghozailla | Pandora | Pagellus erythrinus |
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Ghozailla | Blackspot Seabream | Pagellus bogaraveo |
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Groentias | Greater Amberjack | Seriola dumerili |
| H | |||
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Hannash | Eel | Anguilla anguilla |
| K | |||
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Kadouh ramady | Grey Triggerfish | Balistes capriscus |
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Kahla | Saddled Seabream | Oblada melanura |
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Karous oroubi | Seabass | Dicentrarchus labrax |
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Kaskomri | Chub Mackerel | Scomber japonicus |
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Kerbal | Shi Drum | Umbrina cirrosa |
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Kgag ahmr | Red Seabream | Pagrus pagrus |
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Khenena | Brown Meagre | Sciaena umbra |
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Khirm | Garfish | Belone belone |
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Khoddair | Wrasse | Symphodus tinca / Labrus viridis / Labrus merula |
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Korfossa | Comber | Serranus cabrilla |
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Kott | Atlantic Stargazer | Uranoscopus scaber |
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Kushar | Goldblotch Grouper | Epinephelus costae |
| L | |||
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Lokz morakt | Dusky Grouper | Epinephelus marginatus |
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Lokz ramly | White Grouper | Epinephelus aeneus |
| M | |||
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Makarouna | Atlantic Lizardfish | Synodus saurus |
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Marina | Mediterranean Moray | Muraena helena |
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Mermar | Sand Steenbras | Lithognathus mormyrus |
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Morjan abu nokta | Axillary Seabream | Pagellus acarne |
| N | |||
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Nazelli | Hake | Merluccius merluccius |
| R | |||
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Raad | Dragonet | Callionymus lyra / Callionymus maculatus |
| S | |||
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Sabaris | Annular Seabream | Diplodus annularis |
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Salbn | Salema Porgy | Sarpa salpa |
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Sardina | Pilchard | Sardina pilchardus |
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Sardin mabroum | Round Sardinella | Sardinella aurita |
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Sarghous | White Seabream | Diplodus sargus |
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Scomber | Atlantic Mackerel | Scomber scombrus |
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Sheikh | Painted Comber | Serranus scriba |
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Sheikh | Brown Comber | Serranus hepatus |
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Sobbeit | Cuttlefish | Sepia officinalis |
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Soltan ibrahim ramly | Red Mullet | Mullus barbatus |
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Soltan zahaby eltok | Goldband Goatfish | Upeneus moluccensis |
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Soul shaea | Sole | Solea solea |
| T | |||
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Tunna | Atlantic Bluefin Tuna | Thunnus thynnus |
| Z | |||
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Zamor mbroum | Picarel | Spicara smaris |
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Zomrydnah | Blotched Picarel | Spicara maena |
Where these names come from
Each name was checked against the official lists of commercial fish names that EU countries publish, the FishBase database and Wikidata. A species only appears here when a source records a name for it in this country.
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