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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
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Coris julis
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean scaldfish
Arnoglossus laterna
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean slimehead
Hoplostethus mediterraneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean spearfish
Tetrapturus belone
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean starry ray
Raja asterias
LC
🌊 Marine
Megrim
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
LC
🌊 Marine
Molly
Poecilia sphenops
LC
💧 Freshwater
Molly miller
Scartella cristata
LC
🌊 Marine
Monrovia doctorfish
Acanthurus monroviae
LC
🌊 Marine
Montagu's blenny
Coryphoblennius galerita
LC
🌊 Marine
Morocco dentex
Dentex maroccanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mottled grouper
Mycteroperca rubra
LC
🌊 Marine
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Muzzled blenny
Omobranchus punctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
NT
🌊 Marine
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
North African catfish
Clarias gariepinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Ocean sunfish
Mola mola
VU
🌊 Marine
Oilfish
Ruvettus pretiosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Ornate wrasse
Thalassoma pavo
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific barracudina
Lestidiops jayakari
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Painted comber
Serranus scriba
LC
🌊 Marine
Painted eel
Echelus myrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Palette surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Parablennius Incognitus
Parablennius incognitus
LC
🌊 Marine
Parablennius Zvonimiri
Parablennius zvonimiri
LC
🌊 Marine
Parrot seaperch
Callanthias ruber
LC
🌊 Marine
Parrotfish
Sparisoma cretense
LC
🌊 Marine
Peacock rockskipper
Istiblennius meleagris
LC
🌊 Marine
Phaeton dragonet
Synchiropus phaeton
LC
🌊 Marine
Piked dogfish
Squalus acanthias
VU
🌊 Marine
Pink dentex
Dentex gibbosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Piper gurnard
Trigla lyra
LC
🌊 Marine
Plain bonito
Orcynopsis unicolor
LC
🌊 Marine
Pompano
Trachinotus ovatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pompano dolphinfish
Coryphaena equiselis
LC
🌊 Marine
Por's goatfish
Upeneus pori
LC
🌊 Marine
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
VU
🌊 Marine
Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish
Vinciguerria poweriae
LC
🌊 Marine
Pristis Pectinata
Pristis pectinata
CR
🔄 Diadromous
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
💧 Freshwater
Rabbit fish
Chimaera monstrosa
VU
🌊 Marine
Rainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
LC
🌊 Marine
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
LC
🔄 Diadromous
🍽️ ★★★★★
Red barracuda
Sphyraena pinguis
LC
🌊 Marine
Red cornetfish
Fistularia petimba
LC
🌊 Marine