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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
Atlantic pomfret
Brama brama
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic sailfish
Istiophorus albicans
🌊 Marine
Atlantic sailor lightfish
Polymetme thaeocoryla
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic saury
Scomberesox saurus
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic Snaggletooth
Astronesthes atlanticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic thornyhead
Trachyscorpia cristulata
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic wolffish
Anarhichas lupus
🌊 Marine
Avocet snipe eel
Avocettina infans
LC
🌊 Marine
Axillary wrasse
Symphodus mediterraneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Azores chromis
Chromis limbata
LC
🌊 Marine
backfin tapirfish
Lipogenys gillii
🌊 Marine
Baillon's wrasse
Symphodus bailloni
LC
🌊 Marine
Balao halfbeak
Hemiramphus balao
LC
🌊 Marine
Balbo sabretooth
Evermannella balbo
LC
🌊 Marine
Ballan wrasse
Labrus bergylta
LC
🌊 Marine
Bandtail puffer
Sphoeroides spengleri
LC
🌊 Marine
Bandtooth conger
Ariosoma balearicum
LC
🌊 Marine
Bandwing flyingfish
Cheilopogon exsiliens
LC
🌊 Marine
Barred knifejaw
Oplegnathus fasciatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Barrelfish
Hyperoglyphe perciformis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bartail flathead
Platycephalus indicus
DD
🌊 Marine
Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
EN
🌊 Marine
Bastard grunt
Pomadasys incisus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bath's goby
Pomatoschistus bathi
LC
🌊 Marine
Bathytyphlops Sewelli
Bathytyphlops sewelli
LC
🌊 Marine
Beaked Searsid
Mentodus rostratus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bean's bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
DD
🌊 Marine
Bellottia Apoda
Bellottia apoda
LC
🌊 Marine
Ben-Tuvia's goby
Didogobius bentuvii
DD
🌊 Marine
Benttooth bristlemouth
Cyclothone acclinidens
LC
🌊 Marine
Bermuda lantern fish
Hygophum hygomii
LC
🌊 Marine
Bermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sectatrix
LC
🌊 Marine
Bertelsen's lanternfish
Diaphus bertelseni
LC
🌊 Marine
Bicolor eel
Chlopsis bicolor
LC
🌊 Marine
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bigeye thresher
Alopias superciliosus
VU
🌊 Marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
VU
🌊 Marine
Bighead portholefish
Margrethia obtusirostra
DD
🌊 Marine
Bighead searsid
Holtbyrnia anomala
LC
🌊 Marine
Bignose shark
Carcharhinus altimus
NT
🌊 Marine
Bigscale deepsea smelt
Melanolagus bericoides
LC
🌊 Marine
Bigscale Pomfret
Taractichthys longipinnis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bigwing halfbeak
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
🌊 Marine
Blache's Ooze Eel
Ilyophis blachei
LC
🌊 Marine
Black cardinal fish
Epigonus telescopus
LC
🌊 Marine
Black codling
Physiculus dalwigki
LC
🌊 Marine
Black gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
LC
🌊 Marine