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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
Half-naked hatchetfish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
LC
🌊 Marine
Half-smooth golden pufferfish
Lagocephalus spadiceus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hardenberg's anchovy
Stolephorus insularis
DD
🌊 Marine
Harlequin prawn-goby
Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus gigas
LC
🌊 Marine
Hawaiian halosaurid fish
Aldrovandia phalacra
LC
🌊 Marine
Headlight fish
Diaphus effulgens
LC
🌊 Marine
Highfin lizardfish
Bathysaurus mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Highlight hatchetfish
Sternoptyx pseudobscura
LC
🌊 Marine
Holcomycteronus Squamosus
Holcomycteronus squamosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Honeycomb grouper
Epinephelus merra
LC
🌊 Marine
Honeycomb stingray
Himantura uarnak
EN
🌊 Marine
Hooded butterflyfish
Chaetodon larvatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hooknose
Agonus cataphractus
LC
🌊 Marine
Horned lantern fish
Centrophryne spinulosa
LC
🌊 Marine
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus splendidus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
LC
🌊 Marine
Humpback anglerfish
Melanocetus johnsonii
LC
🌊 Marine
Humpback turretfish
Tetrosomus gibbosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hypleurochilus Bananensis
Hypleurochilus bananensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Imperial scaldfish
Arnoglossus imperialis
LC
🌊 Marine
Indian anchovy
Stolephorus indicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
LC
🌊 Marine
Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus novemstriatus
🌊 Marine
Indian sabertooth
Evermannella melanoderma
LC
🌊 Marine
Indian scad
Decapterus russelli
LC
🌊 Marine
Indian sweeper
Pempheris mangula
🌊 Marine
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
VU
🌊 Marine
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Abudefduf vaigiensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Ipnops Murrayi
Ipnops murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine
Japanese threadfin bream
Nemipterus japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Jewel lanternfish
Lampanyctus crocodilus
LC
🌊 Marine
John dory
Zeus faber
DD
🌊 Marine
King of herrings
Regalecus glesne
LC
🌊 Marine
Kitefin shark
Dalatias licha
VU
🌊 Marine
Klein's sole
Synapturichthys kleinii
DD
🌊 Marine
Klunzinger's ponyfish
Equulites klunzingeri
🌊 Marine
Knifetail Pomfret
Taractes rubescens
LC
🌊 Marine
Korean rockfish
Sebastes schlegelii
🌊 Marine
Kroyer's deep-sea angler fish
Ceratias holboelli
LC
🌊 Marine
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys indicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Lanternfish
Notoscopelus bolini
LC
🌊 Marine
Large-eye dentex
Dentex macrophthalmus
LC
🌊 Marine
Large-scale lantern fish
Symbolophorus veranyi
LC
🌊 Marine
Large-scaled gurnard
Lepidotrigla cavillone
🌊 Marine
Largebarbel Snaggletooth
Astronesthes macropogon
LC
🌊 Marine
Largehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus
LC
🌊 Marine
Largescaled Neoscopelid
Neoscopelus macrolepidotus
LC
🌊 Marine