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Fish Species of Israel
Native and commonly occurring fish across 1 ocean region - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
341
Total Species
35
Threatened
116
Edible
1
Ocean Region
Damselfish
Chromis chromis
LC
🌊 Marine
Danube sturgeon
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
CR
🔄 Diadromous
Delicate round herring
Spratelloides delicatulus
LC
🌊 Marine
Devil firefish
Pterois miles
LC
🌊 Marine
Diamondback puffer
Lagocephalus guentheri
LC
🌊 Marine
Dogtooth grouper
Epinephelus caninus
DD
🌊 Marine
Dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus
VU
🌊 Marine
Dusky shark
Carcharhinus obscurus
EN
🌊 Marine
East Atlantic peacock wrasse
Symphodus tinca
LC
🌊 Marine
Eastern mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
LC
💧 Freshwater
Electric lantern fish
Electrona risso
LC
🌊 Marine
Emperor angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator
LC
🌊 Marine
Epigonus Constanciae
Epigonus constanciae
LC
🌊 Marine
European anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
LC
🌊 Marine
🍽️ ★★★★
European barracuda
Sphyraena sphyraena
LC
🌊 Marine
European conger
Conger conger
LC
🌊 Marine
European eel
Anguilla anguilla
CR
🔄 Diadromous
European finless eel
Apterichtus caecus
LC
🌊 Marine
European hake
Merluccius merluccius
LC
🌊 Marine
European pilchard
Sardina pilchardus
LC
🌊 Marine
🍽️ ★★★★★
False scad
Caranx rhonchus
LC
🌊 Marine
Fangtooth moray
Enchelycore anatina
LC
🌊 Marine
Five-spotted wrasse
Symphodus roissali
LC
🌊 Marine
Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Flying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
LC
🌊 Marine
Forkbeard
Phycis phycis
LC
🌊 Marine
Four-spotted goby
Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Foureyed sole
Microchirus ocellatus
DD
🌊 Marine
Fourlined terapon
Pelates quadrilineatus
🌊 Marine
Freshwater angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
LC
💧 Freshwater
Fries's goby
Lesueurigobius friesii
LC
🌊 Marine
Frogface goby
Oxyurichthys papuensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Gadella
Gadella maraldi
LC
🌊 Marine
Garrick
Cyclothone braueri
LC
🌊 Marine
Glacier lantern fish
Benthosema glaciale
LC
🌊 Marine
Glasshead grenadier
Hymenocephalus italicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Goldband goatfish
Upeneus moluccensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Goldblotch grouper
Epinephelus costae
DD
🌊 Marine
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
LC
🌊 Marine
Gonostoma Denudatum
Gonostoma denudatum
LC
🌊 Marine
Greasy grouper
Epinephelus tauvina
DD
🌊 Marine
Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
VU
🌊 Marine
Greater amberjack
Seriola dumerili
LC
🌊 Marine
Greater forkbeard
Phycis blennoides
🌊 Marine
Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
LC
🌊 Marine
Greater weever
Trachinus draco
LC
🌊 Marine
Green swordtail
Xiphophorus hellerii
LC
💧 Freshwater