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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
Black goby
Gobius niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Black scorpionfish
Scorpaena porcus
LC
🌊 Marine
Black seabream
Spondyliosoma cantharus
LC
🌊 Marine
Black surgeonfish
Acanthurus gahhm
LC
🌊 Marine
Black swallower
Chiasmodon niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Black wing flyingfish
Hirundichthys rondeletii
LC
🌊 Marine
Black-faced blenny
Tripterygion delaisi
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackbelly rosefish
Helicolenus dactylopterus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackfin spiderfish
Bathypterois phenax
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackmouth catshark
Galeus melastomus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackmouth splitfin
Synagrops japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackspot seabream
Pagellus bogaraveo
NT
🌊 Marine
Blackspotted rubberlip
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blacktip cardinalfish
Apogon atradorsatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blacktip grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
VU
🌊 Marine
Blonde ray
Raja brachyura
NT
🌊 Marine
Blotchfin dragonet
Callionymus filamentosus
🌊 Marine
Blue butterfish
Stromateus fiatola
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue jack mackerel
Trachurus picturatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
VU
🌊 Marine
Blue runner
Caranx crysos
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue sea chub
Kyphosus cinerascens
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
NT
🌊 Marine
Blue skate
Dipturus batis
CR
🌊 Marine
Blue Slickhead
Asquamiceps caeruleus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue tang surgeonfish
Acanthurus coeruleus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
🌊 Marine
Blue-barred parrotfish
Scarus ghobban
LC
🌊 Marine
Blueband dragonfish
Photonectes mirabilis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
VU
🌊 Marine
Bluespotted seabass
Cephalopholis taeniops
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluespotted Triggerfish
Balistes punctatus
VU
🌊 Marine
Blunt-snouted clingfish
Gouania willdenowi
LC
🌊 Marine
Blunthead puffer
Sphoeroides pachygaster
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys copei
LC
🌊 Marine
Boa dragonfish
Stomias boa
LC
🌊 Marine
Boarfish
Capros aper
LC
🌊 Marine
Boxlip mullet
Oedalechilus labeo
🌊 Marine
Bramble shark
Echinorhinus brucus
EN
🌊 Marine
Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Brazilian sandperch
Pinguipes brasilianus
🌊 Marine
Brill
Scophthalmus rhombus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bristlemouth
Cyclothone alba
LC
🌊 Marine
Bristly grenadier
Trachonurus sulcatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bronze sawtooth eel
Serrivomer lanceolatoides
LC
🌊 Marine
Brown chub
Kyphosus bigibbus
LC
🌊 Marine
Brown comber
Serranus hepatus
LC
🌊 Marine