Fish Species of Israel

Red drum

Sciaenops ocellatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Red mullet

Mullus barbatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Red scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa

LC 🌊 Marine

Red Sea houndfish

Tylosurus choram

🌊 Marine

Red-mouthed goby

Gobius cruentatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Redcoat

Sargocentron rubrum

LC 🌊 Marine

Reticulated leatherjacket

Stephanolepis diaspros

LC 🌊 Marine

Rock goby

Gobius paganellus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Rough ray

Raja radula

EN 🌊 Marine

Roughtip grenadier

Nezumia sclerorhynchus

LC 🌊 Marine

Round sardinella

Sardinella aurita

LC 🌊 Marine

Royal flagfin

Aulopus filamentosus

LC 🌊 Marine

Rudderfish

Centrolophus niger

LC 🌊 Marine

Rufus snake-eel

Ophichthus rufus

LC 🌊 Marine

Rüppell's scaldback

Arnoglossus rueppelii

LC 🌊 Marine

Rusty blenny

Parablennius sanguinolentus

LC 🌊 Marine

Sail-fin molly

Poecilia velifera

VU 💧 Freshwater

Sailfin dragonet

Callionymus pusillus

LC 🌊 Marine

Salema

Sarpa salpa

LC 🌊 Marine

Sand steenbras

Lithognathus mormyrus

LC 🌊 Marine

Sawback angelshark

Squatina aculeata

CR 🌊 Marine

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus nigerrimus

LC 🌊 Marine

Scalloped ribbonfish

Zu cristatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Sea trout

Salmo trutta

LC 🔄 Diadromous 🍽️ ★★★★

Seychelles dragonet

Synchiropus sechellensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Shark sucker

Remora remora

LC 🌊 Marine

Sharpchin barracudina

Paralepis coregonoides

LC 🌊 Marine

Sharpnose sevengill shark

Heptranchias perlo

NT 🌊 Marine

Sharpsnout seabream

Diplodus puntazzo

LC 🌊 Marine

Shore clingfish

Lepadogaster lepadogaster

LC 🌊 Marine

Short-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus hippocampus

DD 🌊 Marine

Shortfin spiny eel

Notacanthus bonaparte

🌊 Marine

Shortnose greeneye

Chlorophthalmus agassizi

LC 🌊 Marine

Silver scabbardfish

Lepidopus caudatus

DD 🌊 Marine

Silver sillago

Sillago sihama

LC 🌊 Marine

Silver-cheeked toadfish

Lagocephalus sceleratus

LC 🌊 Marine

Silvery pout

Gadiculus argenteus

🌊 Marine

Skipjack tuna

Katsuwonus pelamis

LC 🌊 Marine

Slender ponyfish

Equulites elongatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Slender rainbow sardine

Dussumieria elopsoides

LC 🌊 Marine

Slender rockfish

Scorpaena elongata

LC 🌊 Marine

Slender sunfish

Ranzania laevis

LC 🌊 Marine

Small lantern fish

Diaphus holti

LC 🌊 Marine

Small red scorpionfish

Scorpaena notata

LC 🌊 Marine

Small-scaled terapon

Terapon puta

🔄 Diadromous

Smallscale codlet

Bregmaceros nectabanus

LC 🌊 Marine

Smalltoothed argentine

Glossanodon leioglossus

LC 🌊 Marine

Smith's cardinalfish

Jaydia smithi

LC 🌊 Marine