Table 1. Species with the highest intercept values and their relative contribution to overall cover.
| Farasan Banks | Yanbu area | Al Wajh Bank | Farasan Islands | Northern Islands | Gulf of Suez | Overall |
| Porites lutea (19%) | Pocillopra verrucosa (27%) | Porites lutea (14%) | Porites lutea (20%) | Porites lutea (19%) | Stylophora pistillata | Porites lutea |
| Porites (Synaraea) rus (9%) | Porites lutea (23%) | Porites columnaris (12%) | Acropora clathrata (14%) | Porites (Synaraea) rus (7%) | – | Stylophora pistillata |
| Acropora pharaonis (7%) | Pocillopora damicornis (6%) | Acropora forskali (10%) | Acropora forskali (7%) | Millepora dichotoma (7%) | – | Porites (Synaraea) rus |
| Acropora clathrata (6%) | Acropora gemmifera (5%) | Favia stelligera (6%) | Montipora monasteriata (7%) | Acropora valida (6%) | – | Millepora dichotoma |
| Diploastrea heliopora (6%) | Acropora lamarcki (4%) | Acropora lamarcki (6%) | Acropora cytherea (4%) | Acropora cytherea (6%) | – | Acropora cytherea |
The sampled sites in the Gulf of Suez were monospecific (not the case in all Gulf of Suez reefs).