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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
Small red scorpionfish
Scorpaena notata
LC
🌊 Marine
Small sandeel
Ammodytes tobianus
DD
🌊 Marine
Small scaled brown slickhead
Alepocephalus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Small-scaled terapon
Terapon puta
🔄 Diadromous
Smalleye hammerhead
Sphyrna tudes
CR
🌊 Marine
Smalleye squaretail
Tetragonurus cuvieri
LC
🌊 Marine
Smallfin lanternfish
Benthosema suborbitale
LC
🌊 Marine
Smallscale codlet
Bregmaceros nectabanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smallscale smooth-head
Bathytroctes microlepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Smalltoothed argentine
Glossanodon leioglossus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smith's cardinalfish
Jaydia smithi
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth dreamer
Chaenophryne draco
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
VU
🌊 Marine
Smooth puffer
Lagocephalus laevigatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth sandeel
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth-hound
Mustelus mustelus
EN
🌊 Marine
Smoothback angelshark
Squatina oculata
CR
🌊 Marine
Snake blenny
Ophidion barbatum
LC
🌊 Marine
Snake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
LC
🌊 Marine
Snakeskin gourami
Trichopodus pectoralis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Snubnose emperor
Lethrinus borbonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Snubnosed eel
Simenchelys parasitica
LC
🌊 Marine
Soffie
Parachondrostoma toxostoma
NT
💧 Freshwater
Soft lanternfish
Diaphus mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Soft leafvent angler
Haplophryne mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softhead grenadier
Malacocephalus laevis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softskin smooth-head
Rouleina attrita
LC
🌊 Marine
Sohal surgeonfish
Acanthurus sohal
LC
🌊 Marine
South European Nase
Protochondrostoma genei
VU
💧 Freshwater
Southern flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma
NT
🌊 Marine
Spanish ling
Molva macrophthalma
LC
🌊 Marine
Spearfish remora
Remora brachyptera
LC
🌊 Marine
Speckled ray
Raja polystigma
LC
🌊 Marine
Spiderfish
Bathypterois dubius
LC
🌊 Marine
Spined loach
Cobitis taenia
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spinner shark
Carcharhinus brevipinna
VU
🌊 Marine
Spiny gurnard
Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei
LC
🌊 Marine
Splendid alfonsino
Beryx splendens
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin burrfish
Chilomycterus reticulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin cardinal
Jaydia queketti
🌊 Marine
Spotfin flyingfish
Cheilopogon furcatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotlight lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted barracudina
Arctozenus risso
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotted lanternfish
Myctophum punctatum
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted Pipefish
Nerophis maculatus
DD
🌊 Marine
Spotted ray
Raja montagui
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted scat
Scatophagus argus
LC
🔄 Diadromous