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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
Atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★
Atlantic bonito
Sarda sarda
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic bumper
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic chub mackerel
Scomber colias
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic cod
Gadus morhua
VU 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★
Atlantic cornetfish
Aulostomus strigosus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic croaker
Micropogonias undulatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic fanfish
Pterycombus brama
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic fangjaw
Gonostoma atlanticum
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic footballfish
Himantolophus groenlandicus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
NT 🌊 Marine
Atlantic herring
Clupea harengus
LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★
Atlantic mackerel
Scomber scombrus
LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★
Atlantic pomfret
Brama brama
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic sailfish
Istiophorus albicans
🌊 Marine
Atlantic sailor lightfish
Polymetme thaeocoryla
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
NT 🔄 Diadromous 🍽️ ★★★★★
Atlantic saury
Scomberesox saurus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic Snaggletooth
Astronesthes atlanticus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic thornyhead
Trachyscorpia cristulata
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic wolffish
Anarhichas lupus
🌊 Marine
Avocet snipe eel
Avocettina infans
LC 🌊 Marine
Axillary wrasse
Symphodus mediterraneus
LC 🌊 Marine
Azores chromis
Chromis limbata
LC 🌊 Marine
backfin tapirfish
Lipogenys gillii
🌊 Marine
Baillon's wrasse
Symphodus bailloni
LC 🌊 Marine
Balao halfbeak
Hemiramphus balao
LC 🌊 Marine
Balbo sabretooth
Evermannella balbo
LC 🌊 Marine
Ballan wrasse
Labrus bergylta
LC 🌊 Marine
Bandtail puffer
Sphoeroides spengleri
LC 🌊 Marine
Bandtooth conger
Ariosoma balearicum
LC 🌊 Marine
Bandwing flyingfish
Cheilopogon exsiliens
LC 🌊 Marine
Barramundi
Lates calcarifer
LC 🔄 Diadromous
Barred knifejaw
Oplegnathus fasciatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Barrelfish
Hyperoglyphe perciformis
LC 🌊 Marine
Bartail flathead
Platycephalus indicus
DD 🌊 Marine
Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
EN 🌊 Marine
Bastard grunt
Pomadasys incisus
LC 🌊 Marine
Bath's goby
Pomatoschistus bathi
LC 🌊 Marine
Bathytyphlops Sewelli
Bathytyphlops sewelli
LC 🌊 Marine
Beaked Searsid
Mentodus rostratus
LC 🌊 Marine
Bean's bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
DD 🌊 Marine
Bellottia Apoda
Bellottia apoda
LC 🌊 Marine
Ben-Tuvia's goby
Didogobius bentuvii
DD 🌊 Marine
Benttooth bristlemouth
Cyclothone acclinidens
LC 🌊 Marine
Bermuda lantern fish
Hygophum hygomii
LC 🌊 Marine
Bermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sectatrix
LC 🌊 Marine
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