This article lists the Arabic names of fish and a few other marine
animals, which were gathered by interviewing different people working
at the fish market in Hurghada, Egypt in May 2011. The article
is intended as a lexical study on the names presently used for these
animals on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. This name material has been
compared with other name materials for marine life in local vernacular
Arabic dialects from the Red Sea region, and to a lesser extent with
Classical Arabic material. Where possible, the etymology of the names,
whether certain or hypothetical, has been provided.