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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
Schmidt's dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
LC
🌊 Marine
Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sea stickleback
Spinachia spinachia
LC
🌊 Marine
Senegal seabream
Diplodus bellottii
LC
🌊 Marine
Serpent eel
Ophisurus serpens
LC
🌊 Marine
Serrivomer Schmidti
Serrivomer schmidti
LC
🌊 Marine
Seychelles dragonet
Synchiropus sechellensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Shanny
Lipophrys pholis
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
Shining Snaggletooth
Borostomias elucens
LC
🌊 Marine
Shore clingfish
Lepadogaster lepadogaster
LC
🌊 Marine
Shore rockling
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus
DD
🌊 Marine
Short fin pearleye
Scopelarchus analis
LC
🌊 Marine
Short-beaked Mojarra
Diapterus brevirostris
🌊 Marine
Short-headed lantern fish
Diaphus brachycephalus
LC
🌊 Marine
Short-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus
DD
🌊 Marine
Short-tail Cusk-eel
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortfin neoscopelid
Neoscopelus microchir
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortfin spiny eel
Notacanthus bonaparte
🌊 Marine
Shorthorn sculpin
Myoxocephalus scorpius
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortnose greeneye
Chlorophthalmus agassizi
LC
🌊 Marine
Sidebranch Dragonfish
Eustomias fissibarbis
LC
🌊 Marine
Silky shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
VU
🌊 Marine
Silver pomfret
Pampus argenteus
🌊 Marine
Silver scabbardfish
Lepidopus caudatus
DD
🌊 Marine
Silver sillago
Sillago sihama
LC
🌊 Marine
Silver spinyfin
Diretmus argenteus
LC
🌊 Marine
Silver-cheeked toadfish
Lagocephalus sceleratus
LC
🌊 Marine
Silvery pout
Gadiculus argenteus
🌊 Marine
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
LC
🌊 Marine
Sladen's hatchet fish
Argyropelecus sladeni
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender argentine
Microstoma microstoma
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender bristlemouth
Cyclothone pseudopallida
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender codling
Halargyreus johnsonii
🌊 Marine
Slender cuskeel
Porogadus miles
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender goby
Gobius geniporus
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender membranehead
Hymenogadus gracilis
DD
🌊 Marine
Slender ponyfish
Equulites elongatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender rainbow sardine
Dussumieria elopsoides
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender rockfish
Scorpaena elongata
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender snipe eel
Nemichthys scolopaceus
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender sorcerer
Saurenchelys cancrivora
DD
🌊 Marine
Slender sunfish
Ranzania laevis
LC
🌊 Marine
Small lantern fish
Diaphus holti
LC
🌊 Marine
Small red scorpionfish
Scorpaena notata
LC
🌊 Marine