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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 sand eel
Gymnammodytes cicerelus
LC 🌊 Marine
Mediterranean sand smelt
Atherina hepsetus
🔄 Diadromous
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
Milk shark
Rhizoprionodon acutus
VU 🔄 Diadromous
Milkfish
Chanos chanos
LC 🔄 Diadromous
Mirror lanternfish
Lampadena speculigera
LC 🌊 Marine
Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
LC 🌊 Marine
Misgurnus Mohoity
Misgurnus mohoity
LC 💧 Freshwater
Mississippi paddlefish
Polyodon spathula
VU 💧 Freshwater
Molly
Poecilia sphenops
LC 💧 Freshwater
Molly miller
Scartella cristata
LC 🌊 Marine
molucca catalufa
Pempheris molucca
🌊 Marine
Monkey goby
Neogobius fluviatilis
LC 💧 Freshwater
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
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Mottled fusilier
Dipterygonotus balteatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Mottled grouper
Mycteroperca rubra
LC 🌊 Marine
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU 💧 Freshwater
Muddy arrowtooth eel
Ilyophis brunneus
LC 🌊 Marine
Mudfish
Clarias anguillaris
LC 💧 Freshwater
Mudminnow
Umbra krameri
VU 💧 Freshwater
Mummichog
Fundulus heteroclitus
LC 🔄 Diadromous
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
Nile perch
Lates niloticus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Nilsson's pipefish
Syngnathus rostellatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Ninespine stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
LC 🔄 Diadromous
Nobulb Loosejaw
Aristostomias grimaldii
LC 🌊 Marine
North African catfish
Clarias gariepinus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Northern pike
Esox lucius
LC 💧 Freshwater
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
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