Fish Species of Libya

African sailfin flyingfish

Parexocoetus mento

🌊 Marine

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

LC 🌊 Marine

Atlantic bigeye

Priacanthus arenatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Balbo sabretooth

Evermannella balbo

LC 🌊 Marine

Bermuda lantern fish

Hygophum hygomii

LC 🌊 Marine

Blue runner

Caranx crysos

LC 🌊 Marine

Blue tilapia

Oreochromis aureus

💧 Freshwater

Bluespotted seabass

Cephalopholis taeniops

LC 🌊 Marine

Blunthead puffer

Sphoeroides pachygaster

LC 🌊 Marine

Boa dragonfish

Stomias boa

LC 🌊 Marine

Brushtooth lizardfish

Saurida undosquamis

LC 🌊 Marine

Bullet tuna

Auxis rochei

LC 🌊 Marine

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

LC 🌊 Marine

Cocco's lanternfish

Gonichthys cocco

LC 🌊 Marine

Common dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Crested oarfish

Lophotus lacepede

LC 🌊 Marine

Crevalle jack

Caranx hippos

LC 🌊 Marine

Dark-striped squirrelfish

Sargocentron praslin

LC 🌊 Marine

Devil firefish

Pterois miles

LC 🌊 Marine

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

VU 🌊 Marine

Eastern mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

LC 💧 Freshwater

Electric lantern fish

Electrona risso

LC 🌊 Marine

Garrick

Cyclothone braueri

LC 🌊 Marine

Glasshead grenadier

Hymenocephalus italicus

LC 🌊 Marine

Goldband goatfish

Upeneus moluccensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Gonostoma Denudatum

Gonostoma denudatum

LC 🌊 Marine

Greater amberjack

Seriola dumerili

LC 🌊 Marine

Grey triggerfish

Balistes capriscus

VU 🌊 Marine

Half-naked hatchetfish

Argyropelecus hemigymnus

LC 🌊 Marine

Hardyhead silverside

Atherinomorus lacunosus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Indian sweeper

Pempheris mangula

🌊 Marine

Indo-Pacific sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

VU 🌊 Marine

John dory

Zeus faber

DD 🌊 Marine

Largehead hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

LC 🌊 Marine

Lesser amberjack

Seriola fasciata

LC 🌊 Marine

Lightfish

Ichthyococcus ovatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Longfin yellowtail

Seriola rivoliana

LC 🌊 Marine

Madeira lantern fish

Ceratoscopelus maderensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Mediterranean slimehead

Hoplostethus mediterraneus

LC 🌊 Marine

Mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

LC 💧 Freshwater

Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus commerson

NT 🌊 Marine

Nile tilapia

Oreochromis niloticus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Oilfish

Ruvettus pretiosus

LC 🌊 Marine

Por's goatfish

Upeneus pori

LC 🌊 Marine

Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish

Vinciguerria poweriae

LC 🌊 Marine

Redcoat

Sargocentron rubrum

LC 🌊 Marine

Reticulated leatherjacket

Stephanolepis diaspros

LC 🌊 Marine