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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
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Roche's snake blenny
Ophidion rochei
DD
🌊 Marine
Rock bass
Ambloplites rupestris
LC
💧 Freshwater
Rock cook
Centrolabrus exoletus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rock goby
Gobius paganellus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rough ray
Raja radula
EN
🌊 Marine
Roughsnout grenadier
Trachyrincus scabrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Roughtip grenadier
Nezumia sclerorhynchus
LC
🌊 Marine
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
LC
🌊 Marine
Round scad
Decapterus punctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Round-scaled barbell
Barbus cyclolepis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Roundnose lanternfish
Centrobranchus nigroocellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Royal flagfin
Aulopus filamentosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rubberlip grunt
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus
DD
🌊 Marine
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Rudderfish
Centrolophus niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
LC
💧 Freshwater
Rufus snake-eel
Ophichthus rufus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rüppell's scaldback
Arnoglossus rueppelii
LC
🌊 Marine
Rusty blenny
Parablennius sanguinolentus
LC
🌊 Marine
Saddled snake eel
Pisodonophis semicinctus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sail-fin molly
Poecilia velifera
VU
💧 Freshwater
Sailfin dragonet
Callionymus pusillus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sailfin molly
Poecilia latipinna
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Saithe
Pollachius virens
🌊 Marine
Salaria Basilisca
Salaria basilisca
LC
🌊 Marine
Salema
Sarpa salpa
LC
🌊 Marine
Salmo Macrostigma
Salmo macrostigma
DD
🔄 Diadromous
Sammara squirrelfish
Neoniphon sammara
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand goby
Pomatoschistus minutus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand smelt
Atherina presbyter
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand sole
Pegusa lascaris
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand steenbras
Lithognathus mormyrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand tiger shark
Carcharias taurus
CR
🌊 Marine
Sandy ray
Leucoraja circularis
VU
🌊 Marine
Sarato's goby
Gobius fallax
LC
🌊 Marine
Sarmarutilus Rubilio
Sarmarutilus rubilio
VU
💧 Freshwater
Sarotherodon Occidentalis
Sarotherodon occidentalis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Sawback angelshark
Squatina aculeata
CR
🌊 Marine
Scale-rayed wrasse
Acantholabrus palloni
LC
🌊 Marine
Scaleless black dragonfish
Melanostomias bartonbeani
LC
🌊 Marine
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus nigerrimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Scalloped ribbonfish
Zu cristatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Schmidt's dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
LC
🌊 Marine
Schneider
Alburnoides bipunctatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
LC
🌊 Marine