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Fish Species of France
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
326
Total Species
41
Threatened
109
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
LC
🌊 Marine
Royal flagfin
Aulopus filamentosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Rudderfish
Centrolophus niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
LC
💧 Freshwater
Saddled snake eel
Pisodonophis semicinctus
LC
🌊 Marine
Saithe
Pollachius virens
🌊 Marine
Sand goby
Pomatoschistus minutus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand smelt
Atherina presbyter
LC
🌊 Marine
Sandy ray
Leucoraja circularis
VU
🌊 Marine
Sarotherodon Occidentalis
Sarotherodon occidentalis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Scaleless black dragonfish
Melanostomias bartonbeani
LC
🌊 Marine
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus nigerrimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Scalloped ribbonfish
Zu cristatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Schneider
Alburnoides bipunctatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Sea lamprey
Petromyzon marinus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Sea stickleback
Spinachia spinachia
LC
🌊 Marine
Sea trout
Salmo trutta
LC
🔄 Diadromous
🍽️ ★★★★
Shanny
Lipophrys pholis
LC
🌊 Marine
Shark sucker
Remora remora
LC
🌊 Marine
Short-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus
DD
🌊 Marine
Shorthorn sculpin
Myoxocephalus scorpius
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortnose greeneye
Chlorophthalmus agassizi
LC
🌊 Marine
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender bristlemouth
Cyclothone pseudopallida
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender codling
Halargyreus johnsonii
🌊 Marine
Small lantern fish
Diaphus holti
LC
🌊 Marine
Small sandeel
Ammodytes tobianus
DD
🌊 Marine
Smallscale smooth-head
Bathytroctes microlepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth dreamer
Chaenophryne draco
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
VU
🌊 Marine
Smooth sandeel
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Snakeskin gourami
Trichopodus pectoralis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Snubnosed eel
Simenchelys parasitica
LC
🌊 Marine
Soffie
Parachondrostoma toxostoma
NT
💧 Freshwater
Soft leafvent angler
Haplophryne mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softhead grenadier
Malacocephalus laevis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softskin smooth-head
Rouleina attrita
LC
🌊 Marine
Splendid alfonsino
Beryx splendens
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted ray
Raja montagui
LC
🌊 Marine
Starry sturgeon
Acipenser stellatus
CR
🔄 Diadromous
Sterlet sturgeon
Acipenser ruthenus
EN
💧 Freshwater
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula
LC
💧 Freshwater
Stout sawpalate
Serrivomer beanii
LC
🌊 Marine
Streaked gurnard
Chelidonichthys lastoviza
LC
🌊 Marine
Striped bass
Morone saxatilis
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Striped seasnail
Liparis liparis
LC
🌊 Marine