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Fish Species of the Mediterranean Sea
An almost landlocked sea connecting to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar — one of the world's most historically fished waters, now under increasing pressure.
891
Total Species
83
Threatened
269
Edible
20
Countries
Red scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa
LC
🌊 Marine
Red Sea houndfish
Tylosurus choram
🌊 Marine
Red seabream
Pagrus major
LC
🌊 Marine
Red-mouthed goby
Gobius cruentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Redcoat
Sargocentron rubrum
LC
🌊 Marine
Redlip Blenny
Ophioblennius atlanticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Redmouth whalefish
Rondeletia loricata
LC
🌊 Marine
Regal demoiselle
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
LC
🌊 Marine
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Hygophum reinhardtii
LC
🌊 Marine
Rendezvous fish
Polymetme corythaeola
LC
🌊 Marine
Reticulated dragonet
Callionymus reticulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Reticulated leatherjacket
Stephanolepis diaspros
LC
🌊 Marine
Ridgehead
Melamphaes typhlops
DD
🌊 Marine
Ridgehead
Poromitra megalops
DD
🌊 Marine
Ringneck blenny
Parablennius pilicornis
LC
🌊 Marine
Roche's snake blenny
Ophidion rochei
DD
🌊 Marine
Rock cook
Centrolabrus exoletus
LC
🌊 Marine
Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rough ray
Raja radula
EN
🌊 Marine
Roughsnout grenadier
Trachyrincus scabrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Roughtip grenadier
Nezumia sclerorhynchus
LC
🌊 Marine
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
LC
🌊 Marine
Round scad
Decapterus punctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Roundnose lanternfish
Centrobranchus nigroocellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Royal flagfin
Aulopus filamentosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rubberlip grunt
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus
DD
🌊 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
Saddled snake eel
Pisodonophis semicinctus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sailfin dragonet
Callionymus pusillus
LC
🌊 Marine
Saithe
Pollachius virens
🌊 Marine
Salaria Basilisca
Salaria basilisca
LC
🌊 Marine
Salema
Sarpa salpa
LC
🌊 Marine
Sammara squirrelfish
Neoniphon sammara
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand goby
Pomatoschistus minutus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand smelt
Atherina presbyter
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand sole
Pegusa lascaris
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand steenbras
Lithognathus mormyrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand tiger shark
Carcharias taurus
CR
🌊 Marine
Sandy ray
Leucoraja circularis
VU
🌊 Marine
Sarato's goby
Gobius fallax
LC
🌊 Marine
Sawback angelshark
Squatina aculeata
CR
🌊 Marine
Scale-rayed wrasse
Acantholabrus palloni
LC
🌊 Marine
Scaleless black dragonfish
Melanostomias bartonbeani
LC
🌊 Marine
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus nigerrimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Scalloped ribbonfish
Zu cristatus
LC
🌊 Marine