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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
Pond loach
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Poor cod
Trisopterus minutus
🌊 Marine
Por's goatfish
Upeneus pori
LC 🌊 Marine
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
VU 🌊 Marine
Portuguese sole
Dagetichthys lusitanicus
DD 🌊 Marine
Pouting
Trisopterus luscus
🌊 Marine
Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish
Vinciguerria poweriae
LC 🌊 Marine
Pricklefish
Acanthochaenus luetkenii
LC 🌊 Marine
Prickly puffer
Ephippion guttifer
LC 🌊 Marine
Pristis Pectinata
Pristis pectinata
CR 🔄 Diadromous
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
💧 Freshwater
Pseudochondrostoma Willkommii
Pseudochondrostoma willkommii
NT 💧 Freshwater
Pseudoscopelus Altipinnis
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
LC 🌊 Marine
Queen triggerfish
Balistes vetula
NT 🌊 Marine
Rabbit fish
Chimaera monstrosa
VU 🌊 Marine
Racer goby
Babka gymnotrachelus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Raggedfin parrotfish
Chlorurus rhakoura
LC 🌊 Marine
Rainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
LC 🌊 Marine
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
LC 🔄 Diadromous 🍽️ ★★★★★
Red bandfish
Cepola macrophthalma
LC 🌊 Marine
Red barracuda
Sphyraena pinguis
LC 🌊 Marine
Red cornetfish
Fistularia petimba
LC 🌊 Marine
Red drum
Sciaenops ocellatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
LC 🌊 Marine
Red mullet
Mullus barbatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Red pandora
Pagellus bellottii
LC 🌊 Marine
Red piranha
Pygocentrus nattereri
LC 💧 Freshwater
Red scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa
LC 🌊 Marine
Red Sea houndfish
Tylosurus choram
🌊 Marine
Red seabream
Pagrus major
LC 🌊 Marine
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Red-mouthed goby
Gobius cruentatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Redbreast sunfish
Lepomis auritus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Redbreast tilapia
Coptodon rendalli
LC 💧 Freshwater
Redcoat
Sargocentron rubrum
LC 🌊 Marine
Redear sunfish
Lepomis microlophus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Redlip Blenny
Ophioblennius atlanticus
LC 🌊 Marine
Redmouth whalefish
Rondeletia loricata
LC 🌊 Marine
Redtail notho
Nothobranchius guentheri
EN 💧 Freshwater
Regal demoiselle
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
LC 🌊 Marine
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Hygophum reinhardtii
LC 🌊 Marine
Rendezvous fish
Polymetme corythaeola
LC 🌊 Marine
Reticulated dragonet
Callionymus reticulatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Reticulated leatherjacket
Stephanolepis diaspros
LC 🌊 Marine
Ridgehead
Melamphaes typhlops
DD 🌊 Marine
Ridgehead
Poromitra megalops
DD 🌊 Marine
Ringneck blenny
Parablennius pilicornis
LC 🌊 Marine
River lamprey
Lampetra fluviatilis
NT 🔄 Diadromous
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