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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
Mediterranean lanternfish
Notoscopelus elongatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean moray
Muraena helena
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Coris julis
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean sand eel
Gymnammodytes cicerelus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean scaldfish
Arnoglossus laterna
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean slimehead
Hoplostethus mediterraneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean spearfish
Tetrapturus belone
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean starry ray
Raja asterias
LC
🌊 Marine
Megrim
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
LC
🌊 Marine
Melanostomias Biseriatus
Melanostomias biseriatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mirror lanternfish
Lampadena speculigera
LC
🌊 Marine
Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
LC
🌊 Marine
Molly miller
Scartella cristata
LC
🌊 Marine
molucca catalufa
Pempheris molucca
🌊 Marine
Monrovia doctorfish
Acanthurus monroviae
LC
🌊 Marine
Montagu's blenny
Coryphoblennius galerita
LC
🌊 Marine
Montagus seasnail
Liparis montagui
LC
🌊 Marine
Moontail bullseye
Priacanthus hamrur
LC
🌊 Marine
Morocco dentex
Dentex maroccanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled fusilier
Dipterygonotus balteatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled grouper
Mycteroperca rubra
LC
🌊 Marine
Muddy arrowtooth eel
Ilyophis brunneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Melanocetus murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine
Murray's smooth-head
Conocara murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine
Muzzled blenny
Omobranchus punctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
NT
🌊 Marine
Niger hind
Cephalopholis nigri
LC
🌊 Marine
Nilsson's pipefish
Syngnathus rostellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Nobulb Loosejaw
Aristostomias grimaldii
LC
🌊 Marine
Northern sand lance
Ammodytes dubius
🌊 Marine
Norwegian topknot
Phrynorhombus norvegicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Nursehound
Scyliorhinus stellaris
VU
🌊 Marine
Ocean sunfish
Mola mola
VU
🌊 Marine
Oceanic puffer
Lagocephalus lagocephalus
LC
🌊 Marine
Oceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris
LC
🌊 Marine
Ocellated wedge sole
Dicologlossa hexophthalma
LC
🌊 Marine
Oilfish
Ruvettus pretiosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Omosudid
Omosudis lowii
LC
🌊 Marine
Oneirodes Carlsbergi
Oneirodes carlsbergi
LC
🌊 Marine
Opah
Lampris guttatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Orange-spotted toadfish
Torquigener hypselogeneion
LC
🌊 Marine
Ornate wrasse
Thalassoma pavo
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific barracudina
Lestidiops jayakari
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific blackchin
Scopelengys tristis
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Painted comber
Serranus scriba
LC
🌊 Marine
Painted eel
Echelus myrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Painted goby
Pomatoschistus pictus
LC
🌊 Marine