Fish Species of Lebanon

African sailfin flyingfish

Parexocoetus mento

🌊 Marine

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

LC 🌊 Marine

Areolate grouper

Epinephelus areolatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Atlantic bonito

Sarda sarda

LC 🌊 Marine

Balbo sabretooth

Evermannella balbo

LC 🌊 Marine

Bartail flathead

Platycephalus indicus

DD 🌊 Marine

Bermuda lantern fish

Hygophum hygomii

LC 🌊 Marine

Blacktip grouper

Epinephelus fasciatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Blotchfin dragonet

Callionymus filamentosus

🌊 Marine

Blue runner

Caranx crysos

LC 🌊 Marine

Blue-barred parrotfish

Scarus ghobban

LC 🌊 Marine

Bluespotted seabass

Cephalopholis taeniops

LC 🌊 Marine

Bluespotted Triggerfish

Balistes punctatus

VU 🌊 Marine

Blunthead puffer

Sphoeroides pachygaster

LC 🌊 Marine

Brushtooth lizardfish

Saurida undosquamis

LC 🌊 Marine

Bullet tuna

Auxis rochei

LC 🌊 Marine

Champsodon Vorax

Champsodon vorax

🌊 Marine

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

LC 🌊 Marine

Cocco's lanternfish

Gonichthys cocco

LC 🌊 Marine

Common carp

Cyprinus carpio

LC 💧 Freshwater

Common dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Creole-fish

Paranthias furcifer

LC 🌊 Marine

Devil firefish

Pterois miles

LC 🌊 Marine

Diamondback puffer

Lagocephalus guentheri

LC 🌊 Marine

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

VU 🌊 Marine

Eastern mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

LC 💧 Freshwater

Electric lantern fish

Electrona risso

LC 🌊 Marine

European barracuda

Sphyraena sphyraena

LC 🌊 Marine

Fourlined terapon

Pelates quadrilineatus

🌊 Marine

Garrick

Cyclothone braueri

LC 🌊 Marine

Glasseye

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Glasshead grenadier

Hymenocephalus italicus

LC 🌊 Marine

Goldband goatfish

Upeneus moluccensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Greater amberjack

Seriola dumerili

LC 🌊 Marine

Grey triggerfish

Balistes capriscus

VU 🌊 Marine

Half-smooth golden pufferfish

Lagocephalus spadiceus

LC 🌊 Marine

Hardyhead silverside

Atherinomorus lacunosus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Honeycomb stingray

Himantura uarnak

EN 🌊 Marine

Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus novemstriatus

🌊 Marine

Indian scad

Decapterus russelli

LC 🌊 Marine

Indo-Pacific sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

VU 🌊 Marine

Indo-Pacific sergeant

Abudefduf vaigiensis

LC 🌊 Marine

John dory

Zeus faber

DD 🌊 Marine

Klunzinger's ponyfish

Equulites klunzingeri

🌊 Marine

Largehead hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

LC 🌊 Marine

Lesser amberjack

Seriola fasciata

LC 🌊 Marine

Madeira lantern fish

Ceratoscopelus maderensis

LC 🌊 Marine