List of fish of the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

consists of 712

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...

Cyclostomata Cyclostomi, often referred to as Cyclostomata , is a group of vertebrates that comprises the living jawless fishes: the lampreys and hagfishes. Both groups have jawless mouths with horny epidermal structures that function as teeth called cer ...

* ''

Myxine glutinosa ''Myxine glutinosa'', known as the Atlantic hagfish in North America, and often simply as the hagfish in Europe, is a species of jawless fish of the genus ''Myxine''. Distribution The distribution of ''Myxine glutinosa'' in the eastern Atlantic ...

'' * ''

Lampetra fluviatilis The European river lamprey (''Lampetra fluviatilis''), also known as the river lamprey or lampern, is a species of freshwater lamprey. Description Adult river lampreys measure from for the sea-going forms and up to for the lake forms. The very ...

'' * ''

Petromyzon marinus The sea lamprey (''Petromyzon marinus'') is a parasitic lamprey native to the Northern Hemisphere. It is sometimes referred to as the "vampire fish". Description The sea lamprey has an eel-like body without paired fins. Its mouth is jawless, ...

Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes (; ) is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or ''bony fishes'', which have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. ...

Chimaeriformes

* ''

Chimaera monstrosa ''Chimaera monstrosa'', also known as the rabbit fish or rat fish, is a northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean species of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae. The rabbit fish is known for its characteristically large head and small, tape ...

Shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachi ...

* '' Sharpnose sevengill shark'' * '' Bluntnose sixgill shark'' * ''

Bigeyed sixgill shark The bigeyed sixgill shark (''Hexanchus nakamurai'') is a cow shark of the family Hexanchidae. Its dorsal surface has a brownish-gray color, and is sharply separated from the light coloring of its ventral surface. The eyes are a fluorescent gree ...

'' * ''

Bramble shark The bramble shark (''Echinorhinus brucus'') is one of the two species of sharks in the family Echinorhinidae. Aside from the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide. This rarely encountered shark swims close ...

'' * ''

Gulper shark The gulper shark (''Centrophorus granulosus'') is a long and slender dogfish usually about three feet in length generally found in deep, murky waters all around the world. It is a light grayish brown, paler ventrally, with a long snout and lar ...

'' * ''

Dalatias licha The kitefin shark or seal shark (''Dalatias licha'') is a species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae, and the type species in its genus. It is found sporadically around the world, usually close to the sea floor at depths of . With a s ...

'' * ''

Etmopterus spinax The velvet belly lanternshark (or simply velvet belly) (''Etmopterus spinax'') is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. One of the most common deepwater sharks in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the velvet belly is found from I ...

'' * '' Oxynotus centrina'' * '' Centroscymnus coelolepis'' * '' Somniosus rostratus'' * ''

Squalus acanthias The spiny dogfish (''Squalus acanthias''), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order. While these common names may apply to several ...

'' * '' Squalus blainvillei'' * '' Squalus megalops'' * '' Squalus uyato'' * '' Squatina aculeata'' * '' Squatina oculata'' * ''

Squatina squatina ''Squatina squatina'', the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Well-adapted for ca ...

'' * '' Galeus atlanticus'' * ''

Galeus melastomus The blackmouth catshark (''Galeus melastomus'') is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae, common in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Senegal, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is typically found over the c ...

'' * ''

Scyliorhinus canicula ''Scyliorhinus'' is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period, late Albian age to the Pliocene epoch.Carrier, J. C.; Musick, J. A. & Heithaus, M. R. (2004)''Biolo ...

'' * ''

Scyliorhinus stellaris The nursehound (''Scyliorhinus stellaris''), also known as the large-spotted dogfish, greater spotted dogfish or bull huss, is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is general ...

'' * '' Galeorhinus galeus'' * '' Mustelus asterias'' * ''

Mustelus mustelus The common smooth-hound (''Mustelus mustelus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands at depths ...

'' * '' Mustelus punctulatus'' * '' Carcharias taurus'' * '' Odontaspis ferox'' * '' Alopias superciliosus'' * ''

Alopias vulpinus The common thresher (''Alopias vulpinus''), also known as Atlantic thresher, is the largest species of thresher shark, family (biology), family Alopiidae, reaching some in length. About half of its length consists of the elongated upper lobe of ...

'' * ''

Cetorhinus maximus The basking shark (''Cetorhinus maximus'') is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Adults typically reach in length. ...

'' * '' Carcharodon carcharias'' * '' Isurus oxyrinchus'' * ''

Lamna nasus The porbeagle (''Lamna nasus'') is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere. In the North Pacific, its ecological equivalent is ...

'' * '' Carcharhinus altimus'' * '' Carcharhinus amboinensis'' * '' Carcharhinus brachyurus'' * '' Carcharhinus brevipinna'' * ''

Carcharhinus falciformis The silky shark (''Carcharhinus falciformis''), also known by numerous names such as blackspot shark, gray whaler shark, olive shark, ridgeback shark, sickle shark, sickle-shaped shark and sickle silk shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the f ...

'' * '' Carcharhinus limbatus'' * '' Carcharhinus longimanus'' * '' Carcharhinus melanopterus'' * '' Carcharhinus obscurus'' * '' Carcharhinus plumbeus'' * '' Galeocerdo cuvier'' * '' Prionace glauca'' * '' Rhizoprionodon acutus'' * '' Sphyrna lewini'' * '' Sphyrna mokarran'' * ''

Sphyrna tudes The smalleye hammerhead (''Sphyrna tudes''), also called the golden hammerhead or curry shark, is a small species of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae. This species is common in the shallow coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, fr ...

'' * '' Sphyrna zygaena''

Batoidea Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, comprise the subclass Elasmobranchii. Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 fa ...

* '' Pristis pectinata'' * '' Pristis pristis'' * '' Torpedo fuscomaculata'' * ''

Torpedo marmorata The marbled electric ray (''Torpedo marmorata'') is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to South Africa. This benthic fish inhabits rocky reefs, seagr ...

'' * ''

Torpedo nobiliana The Atlantic torpedo (''Tetronarce nobiliana'') is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to Brazil in the west and from Scotland to West Africa and off southern Africa in the e ...

'' * ''

Torpedo torpedo The common torpedo (''Torpedo torpedo''), also known as ocellate torpedo or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay ...

'' * ''

Glaucostegus halavi The halavi guitarfish (''Glaucostegus halavi'') is a species of ray found in the Indo-West Pacific (Red Sea to Gulf of Oman, with unconfirmed records in the area east of Oman). Recorded twice, in 1997 and 2004, in the levantine waters, the quest ...

'' * '' Rhinobatos cemiculus'' * '' Rhinobatos rhinobatos'' * '' Dipturus batis'' * '' Dipturus oxyrinchus'' * ''

Leucoraja circularis The sandy ray (''Leucoraja circularis'') or sandy skate is a species of ray in the family Rajidae. Description It maximum length is , typical adults measuring . It has a short snout with a spinulose reddish-brown dorsal surface, a tail only sl ...

'' * ''

Leucoraja fullonica The shagreen ray (''Leucoraja fullonica''), also known as shagreen skate or fuller's ray, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. This ray is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Murmansk, Russia through Norway, southern Iceland, the ...

'' * ''

Leucoraja melitensis The Maltese skate (''Leucoraja melitensis''), or Maltese ray, is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is a rare endemic species from the Mediterranean Sea found in the coastal waters of Algeria, Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Greece and Turkey. I ...

'' * ''

Leucoraja naevus ''Leucoraja naevus'' is a species of fish belonging to the family Rajidae. It is mainly found along the coasts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean and occasionally in the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atla ...

'' * '' Raja africana'' * ''

Raja asterias ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested fr ...

'' * '' Raja brachyura'' * ''

Raja clavata The thornback ray (''Raja clavata''), or thornback skate, is a species of ray (fish), ray fish in the family Rajidae. Distribution The Thornback ray is found in the Atlantic coastal waters of Europe and western Africa. It is also present from ...

'' * '' Raja miraletus'' * '' Raja montagui'' * ''

Raja polystigma ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested fr ...

'' * '' Raja radula'' * '' Raja rondeleti'' * '' Raja undulata'' * '' Rostroraja alba'' * '' Dasyatis centroura'' * ''

Dasyatis chrysonota The blue stingray (''Dasyatis chrysonota'') is a species of whiptail stingray of the family Dasyatidae often found in the coastal waters of southern Africa. Distribution and similar species The species' common geographical distribution ranges ...

'' * ''

Dasyatis marmorata ''Dasyatis marmorata'', the marbled stingray, is a species of stingray of the family Dasyatidae. Its geographic range covers the central and south-eastern Atlantic, from Morocco to South Africa. It is also present in the coastal waters of southe ...

'' * ''

Dasyatis pastinaca The common stingray (''Dasyatis pastinaca'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It typically inhabits sandy or muddy habitats in coastal waters shallo ...

'' * '' Dasyatis tortonesei'' * '' Himantura uarnak'' * '' Pteroplatytrygon violacea'' * '' Taeniura grabata'' * '' Urogymnus asperrimus'' * '' Gymnura altavela'' * ''

Mobula mobular The devil fish or giant devil ray (''Mobula mobular'') is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch mortality in unrelated fisheries. Description The devil fish is larger than its cl ...

'' * '' Myliobatis aquila'' * '' Pteromylaeus bovinus'' * ''

Rhinoptera marginata The Lusitanian cownose ray (''Rhinoptera marginata'') is a species of eagle ray found along the western coast of Africa and Mediterranean Sea. It is apparently very rare in the Mediterranean Sea, but is common in shallow waters off the western Afr ...

Osteichthyes

Acipenseriformes Acipenseriformes is an order of basal ray-finned fishes that includes living and fossil sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseroidei), as well as the extinct families Chondrosteidae and Peipiaosteidae. They are the second earliest div ...

* '' Acipenser naccarii'' * ''

Acipenser stellatus The starry sturgeon (''Acipenser stellatus'') also known as stellate sturgeon or sevruga (Drakul, , and tr, Uzun Burun, lit=long nosed), is a species of sturgeon. It is native to the Black, Azov, Caspian and Aegean sea basins, but it has b ...

'' * ''

Acipenser sturio The European sea sturgeon (''Acipenser sturio''), also known as the Atlantic sturgeon or common sturgeon, is a species of sturgeon native to Europe. It was formerly abundant, being found in coastal habitats all over Europe. It is anadromous and b ...

'' * ''

Huso huso The beluga (), also known as the beluga sturgeon or great sturgeon (''Huso huso''), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, a ...

Anguilliformes Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stag ...

* ''

Anguilla anguilla The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around and rarely reach more than , but can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases. Eels have been important sources of ...

'' * '' Ariosoma balearicum'' * ''

Conger conger The European conger (''Conger conger'') is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. Description and behavior European congers have an ...

'' * ''

Gnathophis mystax ''Gnathophis mystax'', the thinlip conger or blacktailed conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).

'' * ''

Rhynchoconger trewavasae ''Rhynchoconger trewavasae'' is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Chlopsis bicolor'' * '' Panturichthys fowleri'' * ''

Anarchias euryurus ''Anarchias euryurus'' is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its wat ...

'' * '' Enchelycore anatina'' * ''

Gymnothorax unicolor The brown moray eel,Comm ...

'' * ''

Muraena helena The Mediterranean moray (sometimes also called Roman eel, ''Muraena helena'', ''زريمباية'') is a fish of the moray eel family. It has a long eel-like body and is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its bite can be d ...

'' * ''

Cynoponticus ferox The Guinean pike conger (''Cynoponticus ferox'') is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).Muraenesox cinereus The daggertooth pike conger (''Muraenesox cinereus'') also known as the darkfin pike eel in Ozzyland, to distinguish it from the related pike-eel (''Muraenesox bagio''), is a species of eel in the pike conger family, Muraenesocidae. They prim ...

'' * '' Nemichthys scolopaceus'' * '' Facciolella oxyrhyncha'' * '' Nettastoma melanurum'' * '' Saurenchelys cancrivora'' * '' Apterichtus anguiformis'' * '' Apterichtus caecus'' * '' Dalophis imberbis'' * '' Echelus myrus'' * '' Mystriophis crosnieri'' * '' Ophichthus ophis'' * '' Ophichthus rufus'' * ''

Ophisurus serpens The serpent eel or sand snake-eel (''Ophisurus serpens'') is an eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, western Mediterranean Sea, western Indian Ocean, western Pacific Ocean and the north-east and west coast of North Island in New Zealand. It ...

'' * ''

Pisodonophis semicinctus ''Pisodonophis semicinctus'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Serrivomer brevidentatus'' * '' Dysomma brevirostre''

Notacanthiformes The Notacanthiformes are an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes, consisting of the families Halosauridae and Notacanthidae ( spiny eels). The order is of relatively recent vintage; ''Fishes of the World'' (2006) lists it as the suborder Notacan ...

* ''

Halosaurus ovenii ''Halosaurus ovenii'', also called the Oven's halosaur, is a deep-sea fish in the family Halosauridae Halosaurs are eel-shaped fishes found only at great ocean depths. As the family Halosauridae, halosaurs are one of two families within the or ...

'' * '' Notacanthus bonaparte'' * ''

Polyacanthonotus rissoanus The smallmouth spiny eel (''Polyacanthonotus rissoanus''), also called the shortspine tapirfish, is a species of deep-sea spiny eel. Description The smallmouth spiny eel is silver or brown in colour, with a maximum length of . It has 26–36 do ...

Clupeiformes Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae. The group includes many of the most important forage and food fish. Clupeiformes are physostomes, which means that ...

* ''

Alosa agone ''Alosa agone'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alosa ''Alosa'' is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Clupeidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads. tp://ftp. ...

'' * '' Alosa alosa'' * '' Alosa fallax'' * ''

Dussumieria elopsoides The slender rainbow sardine (''Dussumieria elopsoides'') is a small, subtropical, salt water fish of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea which was first described by Bleeker in 1849. ''Dussumieria hasselti'' and ''Dussumieria productissima ...

'' * ''

Etrumeus teres ''Etrumeus sadina'', the red-eye round herring, is a species of fish belonging to the family Dussumieriidae, a family notable for their rounded bellies. Description The red-eye round herring has a very slim rounded body. Its anal and pelvic fi ...

'' * '' Herklotsichthys punctatus'' * '' Sardina pilchardus'' * ''

Sardinella aurita The round sardinella (''Sardinella aurita'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Sardinella'' found in both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. ''S. aurita'' went through a large boom in catch population around 1990 ...

'' * '' Sardinella maderensis'' * ''

Spratelloides delicatulus ''Spratelloides delicatulus'', the blue sprat, also known as the delicate round herring, blueback sprat, or piha, is a type of sprat-like fish of Indo-Pacific distribution. See also *''Kudoa thyrsites ''Kudoa thyrsites'' is a myxosporean ...

'' * ''

Sprattus sprattus The European sprat (''Sprattus sprattus''), also known as bristling, brisling, garvie, garvock, Russian sardine, russlet, skipper or whitebait, is a species of small marine fish in the herring family Clupeidae. Found in European waters, it has si ...

'' * '' Engraulis encrasicolus''

Siluriformes Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...

* '' Arius parkii'' * '' Netuma thalassina'' * '' Plotosus lineatus''

Argentiniformes The Argentiniformes are an order of ray-finned fish whose distinctness was recognized only fairly recently. In former times, they were included in the Osmeriformes (typical smelt and allies) as suborder Argentinoidei. That term refers only to ...

* ''

Argentina sphyraena ''Argentina sphyraena'' is a species of fish belonging to the family Argentinidae. Its native range is Europe and Africa. References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1529358 Argentinidae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Fish described in 1758 ...

'' * '' Alepocephalus rostratus'' * ''

Glossanodon leioglossus ''Glossanodon'' is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae. Extant species There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus: * '' Glossanodon australis'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Southern herring smelt) * '' Glossanodon danieli'' ...

'' * '' Microstoma microstoma'' * '' Nansenia iberica'' * '' Nansenia oblita''

Salmoniformes Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...

* '' Salmo salar'' * ''

Salmo trutta The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...

Stomiiformes

* '' Argyropelecus hemigymnus'' * '' Argyropelecus olfersii'' * '' Maurolicus muelleri'' * ''

Cyclothone braueri ''Cyclothone braueri'', commonly known as the garrick, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Cyclothone ''Cyclothone'' is a genus containing 13 extant species of bioluminescent fish, commonly known as 'bristlemouths' or 'bristlefishe ...

'' * ''

Cyclothone microdon ''Cyclothone'' is a genus containing 13 extant species of bioluminescent fish, commonly known as 'bristlemouths' or 'bristlefishes' due to their shared characteristic of sharp, bristle-like teeth. These fishes typically grow to around 1-3 inche ...

'' * '' Cyclothone pygmaea'' * '' Gonostoma denudatum'' * '' Valenciennellus tripunctulatus'' * '' Bathophilus nigerrimus'' * '' Bathophilus vaillanti'' * '' Borostomias antarcticus'' * ''

Chauliodus sloani Sloane's viperfish, ''Chauliodus sloani'', is a predatory mesopelagic dragonfish found in waters across the world. The species was first described by German scientists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in their 1801 book ''Systema ...

'' * '' Stomias boa'' * ''

Ichthyococcus ovatus Ichthyococcus ovatus is a lightfish of the genus ''Ichthyococcus ''Ichthyococcus'' are a genus of lightfishes. It is one of seven genera in the family Phosichthyidae. Included species There are currently seven recognized species In b ...

'' * '' Vinciguerria attenuata'' * ''

Vinciguerria poweriae ''Vinciguerria poweriae'' (also known as Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish) is a species of lightfish belonging to the genus '' Vinciguerria''. They are mostly found in seawater deep during the day and deep at night. They feed on small cru ...

Aulopiformes Aulopiformes is a diverse order of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families with about 45 genera and over 230 species. The common names grinners, lizardfishes and allies, or aulopiforms are sometime ...

* '' Alepisaurus ferox'' * ''

Aulopus filamentosus ''Aulopus'' is a genus of flagfins native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Although ''Aulopus'' is native to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, for the first time in 2010 ''Aulopus filamentosus'' (the royal flagfin), was spott ...

'' * '' Chlorophthalmus agassizi'' * '' Bathysaurus mollis'' * '' Bathypterois dubius'' * ''

Bathypterois grallator The tripodfish or tripod spiderfish, ''Bathypterois grallator'', is a deep-sea benthic fish in the family Ipnopidae found at lower latitudes. It is now relatively well known from photographs and submersible observations, and seems to prefer to p ...

'' * '' Evermannella balbo'' * '' Arctozenus rissi'' * '' Lestidiops jayakari'' * '' Lestidiops sphyrenoides'' * '' Lestidium atlanticum'' * '' Paralepis coregonoides'' * '' Paralepis speciosa'' * '' Sudis hyalina'' * ''

Saurida undosquamis ''Saurida undosquamis'', the brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury, is a type of lizardfish, a demersal species that occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, northern Java, Arafura Sea, Louisiade Archipelago, ...

'' * ''

Synodus saurus The Atlantic lizardfish ''(Synodus saurus)'', is a species of lizardfish The Synodontidae or lizardfishes(or typical lizardfish to distinguish them from the Bathysauridae and Pseudotrichonotidae) are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estua ...

Myctophiformes The Myctophiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes consisting of two families of deep-sea marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelidae) contain six species in three genera, while t ...

* ''

Benthosema glaciale ''Benthosema glaciale'', or glacier lantern fish, is the most common species of lanternfish and important part of the midwater ecosystem of northern North Atlantic. It feeds on small crustaceans, including Copepod, copepods, krill and Amphipoda, ...

'' * ''

Ceratoscopelus maderensis ''Ceratoscopelus'' is a genus of lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the orde ...

'' * ''

Diaphus holti ''Diaphus holti'', the Small lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This species grows to a length of SL. Etymology The fish is named in honor of Irish ichthyologist Ernest William Lyons Holt Erne ...

'' * '' Diaphus metopoclampus'' * '' Diaphus rafinesquii'' * '' Diogenichthys atlanticus'' * ''

Electrona risso ''Electrona risso'' is a species of myctophiform ray-finned fish in the family Myctophidae, the lanternfishes. It is known commonly as the electric lantern fish, chubby flashlight fish,Hulley, P. 2015''Electrona risso''.The IUCN Red List of Threa ...

'' * '' Gonichthys cocco'' * '' Hygophum benoiti'' * ''

Hygophum hygomii ''Hygophum'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * ''Hygophum atratum'' (Garman, 1899) (Thickhead lanternfish) * '' Hygophum benoiti'' ( Cocco, 1838) (Benoit's lanternfish) * ''Hygophu ...

'' * ''

Lampanyctus crocodilus ''Lampanyctus crocodilus'', the jewel lanternfish, is a lanternfish of the family (biology), family Myctophidae, found in west Mediterranean Sea and north Atlantic Ocean (above 50° N). Bathypelagic between 400 and 2000 m. References

* TORT ...

'' * '' Lampanyctus pusillus'' * '' Lobianchia dofleini'' * ''

Lobianchia gemellarii Cocco's lantern fish (''Lobianchia gemellarii''), also called Gemellar's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish. Description It maximum length is . It has 16–18 dorsal soft rays and 13–15 anal soft rays. Males have a supracaudal gland, ...

'' * ''

Myctophum punctatum ''Myctophum punctatum'' is a species of mesopelagic fish in the family Myctophidae. Its common name is spotted lanternfish, sometimes spelled spotted lanterfish. It is found in the Northern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean at depths down to 100 ...

'' * '' Notoscopelus bolini'' * '' Notoscopelus elongatus'' * '' Notoscopelus kroyeri'' * '' Symbolophorus veranyi''

Zeiformes The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in seven families, mostly deep-sea types. Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mo ...

* ''

Zeus faber John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's fish, refers to fish of the genus ''Zeus'', especially ''Zeus faber'', of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark ...

'' * '' Zenopsis conchifer''

Gadiformes Gadiformes are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Anacanthini, that includes the cod. Many major food fish are in this order. They are found in marine waters throughout the world and the vast majority of the species are found in tempe ...

* '' Coelorinchus caelorhincus'' * '' Coelorinchus occa'' * '' Coryphaenoides guentheri'' * '' Coryphaenoides mediterraneus'' * '' Hymenocephalus italicus'' * '' Nezumia aequalis'' * '' Nezumia sclerorhynchus'' * '' Trachyrincus scabrus'' * ''

Merluccius merluccius ''Merluccius merluccius'', the European hake, is a merluccid hake of the genus '' Merluccius''. Other vernacular names include Cornish salmon and herring hake. It is a predatory species which was often netted alongside one of its favoured prey, t ...

'' * '' Eretmophorus kleinenbergi'' * '' Gadella maraldi'' * '' Guttigadus latifrons'' * '' Lepidion guentheri'' * '' Lepidion lepidion'' * '' Mora moro'' * '' Physiculus dalwigki'' * '' Rhynchogadus hepaticus'' * '' Phycis blennoides'' * '' Phycis phycis'' * ''

Gaidropsarus biscayensis ''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling) * '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling) * ...

'' * ''

Gaidropsarus granti ''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling) * '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling) * ...

'' * ''

Gaidropsarus mediterraneus ''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling) * '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling) * ...

'' * '' Gaidropsarus vulgaris'' * '' Molva dypterygia'' * '' Molva macrophthalma'' * ''

Molva molva The common ling (''Molva molva''), also known as the white ling or simply the ling, is a large member of the family Lotidae, a group of cod-like fishes. It resembles the related rocklings, but it is much larger and has a single barbel. This sp ...

'' * ''

Gadiculus argenteus ''Gadiculus argenteus'', or the silvery pout, is a species of cod found in the Northeast Atlantic region. It grows to a length of and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, being rather used as a bait fish. ''Gadiculus argenteus ...

'' * '' Merlangius merlangus'' * '' Micromesistius poutassou'' * ''

Trisopterus luscus ''Trisopterus luscus'' (; bib, pout whiting, pout or most commonly pouting) is a seafish belonging to the cod family ( Gadidae). Distribution, size and life cycle Pouting are found predominantly in European waters, especially around the south a ...

'' * ''

Trisopterus minutus The poor cod (''Trisopterus minutus'') is a temperate marine fish belonging to the cod family (Gadidae). It is red brown in colour and has a pronounced chin barbel. It may grow up to a length of 40 cm. It is usually found in small shoals at ...

Beryciformes The Beryciformes are a poorly-understood order of carnivorous ray-finned fishes consisting of 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species. They feed on small fish and invertebrates. Beyond this, little is known about the biology of most member specie ...

* ''

Beryx decadactylus The alfonsino (''Beryx decadactylus''), also known as the alfonsin, longfinned beryx, red bream, or imperador, is a species of deepwater berycid fish of the order Beryciformes. It can be found in temperate and subtropical ocean waters nearly wo ...

'' * ''

Beryx splendens The splendid alfonsino (''Beryx splendens'') is an alfonsino of the genus ''Beryx'', found around the world at depths between , usually between . Although its most common size is , it can reach lengths of up to . It is known as'' kinmedai'' (金� ...

'' * '' Sargocentron praslin'' * '' Sargocentron rubrum'' * '' Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis'' * ''

Gephyroberyx darwinii Darwin's slimehead (''Gephyroberyx darwinii''), also known as the big roughy, is a species of fish in the slimehead family found widely in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. This deep-sea species reaches a length of and is mainly found at dep ...

'' * ''

Hoplostethus mediterraneus The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead (''Hoplostethus mediterraneus'') is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). It is found widely at depths of in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and George ...

Lampriformes Lampriformes is an order of ray-finned fish. Members are collectively called lamprids (which is more properly used for the Lampridae) or lampriforms, and unite such open-ocean and partially deep-sea Teleostei as the crestfishes, oarfish, opah ...

* ''

Lampris guttatus ''Lampris guttatus'', commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus ''Lampris''. It is a ...

'' * '' Lophotus lacepede'' * ''

Regalecus glesne The giant oarfish (''Regalecus glesne'') is a species of oarfish of the family Regalecidae. It is an oceanodromous species with a worldwide distribution, excluding polar regions. Other common names include Pacific oarfish, king of herrings, ribbo ...

'' * '' Trachipterus arcticus'' * '' Trachipterus trachypterus'' * '' Zu cristatus''

Lophiiformes The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence co ...

* ''

Lophius budegassa ''Lophius budegassa'', the blackbellied angler, is a species of anglerfish in the family Lophiidae. It was described by Maximilian Spinola in 1807. The fish is found in a depth range of in the eastern Ionian Sea while in the inshore waters o ...

'' * ''

Lophius piscatorius ''Lophius piscatorius'', commonly known as the angler, European angler or common monkfish, is a monkfish in the family Lophiidae. It is found in coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the Medit ...

'' * ''

Chaunax suttkusi ''Chaunax'' is a genus of bony fish in the sea toad family Chaunacidae. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world and most species are found at depths between , but ''C. endeavouri'' occurs as shallow as and ''C. fim ...

Ophidiiformes Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk-eels (family Ophidiidae), pearlfishes (family Carapidae), viviparous brotulas (family Bythitidae), and others. Members of this order have small heads and long slender bodies. Th ...

* '' Bellottia apoda'' * '' Cataetyx alleni'' * '' Cataetyx laticeps'' * '' Grammonus ater'' * ''

Carapus acus ''Carapus acus'' is a species of bony fish in the family Carapidae, the pearlfishes, and is native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It lives as a commensal in association with a sea cucumber, spending the day inside its host and e ...

'' * ''

Echiodon dentatus ''Echiodon'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * ''Echiodon anchipterus'' J. T. Williams, 1984 (closefin pearlfish) * '' Echiodon atopus'' M. E. Anderson, 2005 * '' Echiodon coheni'' J. T. Williams, 1984 * '' E ...

'' * ''

Echiodon drummondii ''Echiodon drummondii'', sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish, and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish, is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish). It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected th ...

'' * '' Benthocometes robustus'' * '' Ophidion barbatum'' * '' Ophidion rochei'' * '' Parophidion vassali''

Mugilidae The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since R ...

* ''

Chelon labrosus The thicklip grey mullet, ''Chelon labrosus'', is a coastal fish of the family Mugilidae. It typically is about long, with being the maximum recorded. It is named after its thick upper lip and silvery-grey appearance. It is a common fish of sh ...

'' * '' Liza aurata'' * '' Liza carinata'' * '' Liza haematocheila'' * '' Liza ramada'' * '' Liza saliens'' * ''

Mugil cephalus The flathead grey mullet (''Mugil cephalus'') is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically . It is known with numerous English names ...

'' * ''

Oedalechilus labeo The boxlip mullet (''Oedalechilus labeo'') is a species of fish in the mullet family which is found in the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to Morocco, it is found in the Mediterranean Sea but not the Black Sea. It is the only species in the mono ...

'' * '' Jamie minimus''

Atherinomorpha The Atherinomorpha is a clade of fishes in the superorder Acanthopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, consisting of three orders. The clade is ranked as an infraseries within the subseries Ovalentaria, which in turn is ranked within the wider Perco ...

* ''

Atherina boyeri The big-scale sand smelt (''Atherina boyeri'') is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is a euryhaline amphidromous fish, up to 20 cm in length. Description It is a small pelagic fish species which occurs near the surface in the ...

'' * ''

Atherina hepsetus The Mediterranean sand smelt, ''Atherina hepsetus'', is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. Description The body is rather long, slender and moderately flattened. The mouth is protrusible, directed upward with small teeth; the head and ...

'' * ''

Atherina presbyter The sand smelt (''Atherina presbyter'') is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae, common in the northeastern Atlantic from the Danish straits, where it is rare, and Scotland to the Canary Islands and the western Mediterranean Sea. San ...

'' * '' Atherinomorus lacunosus'' * ''

Belone belone The garfish (''Belone belone''), also known as the garpike or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas. Description The ...

'' * ''

Belone svetovidovi The short-beaked garfish (''Belone svetovidovi'') is an uncommon species of needlefish in marine waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. This pelagic needlefish is present off the coasts of Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, and po ...

'' * ''

Tylosurus acus ''Tylosurus acus'' (keel-jawed needlefish) is a game fish of the family Belonidae. Distribution The keel-jawed needlefish is widespread in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Taxonomy There are four recognised subspecies of ''Tylosurus acus'' ...

'' * ''

Tylosurus choram ''Tylosurus choram'', the Red Sea houndfish, is a species of needlefish from the family Belonidae. A marine fish bluish in color with a long slender body, and a pointed long toothed beak, found in most temperate, warm seas, and sometimes rivers, ...

'' * '' Scomberesox saurus saurus'' * '' Cheilopogon exsiliens'' * '' Cheilopogon furcatus'' * '' Cheilopogon heterurus'' * ''

Exocoetus obtusirostris ''Exocoetus obtusirostris'', commonly known as the oceanic two-wing flyingfish or the blunt-snouted flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean. It has the ability to glide above the s ...

'' * ''

Exocoetus volitans ''Exocoetus volitans'', commonly known as the tropical two-wing flyingfish or blue flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to tropical and subtropical seas. It can glide above the surface of the sea to escape predators. Description T ...

'' * '' Hirundichthys rondeletii'' * '' Hirundichthys speculiger'' * '' Parexocoetus mento'' * ''

Hemiramphus far ''Hemiramphus far'', the halfbeak, black-barred halfbeak, black-barred garfish, barred halfbeak, barred garfish or spotted halfbeak, is a schooling marine fish in the family Hemiramphidae. It has an Indo-Pacific distribution and has invaded the ...

'' * '' Hyporhamphus affinis'' * '' Hyporhamphus picarti'' * '' Aphanius dispar dispar'' * ''

Aphanius fasciatus The Mediterranean killifish, Mediterranean banded killifish or South European toothcarp (''Aphanius fasciatus'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, ...

'' * '' Aphanius iberus''

Syngnathiformes The Syngnathiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the trumpetfishes and seahorses.FishBase (2005)Order Summary for Syngnathiformes Version of 2005-FEB-15. Retrieved 19 Aug 2008. These fishes have elongated, narrow, bodies surr ...

* '' Fistularia commersonii'' * '' Fistularia petimba'' * ''

Macroramphosus scolopax ''Macroramphosus'', snipefishes or bellowfishes, is a genus of fishes found in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to . According to FishBase, they are part of the family Centriscidae, but Nelson (2016) split that family, in which cas ...

'' * '' Entelurus aequoreus'' * ''

Hippocampus fuscus ''Hippocampus kuda'' is a species of seahorse, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse. The common name sea pony has been used for this species under its synonym ''Hippocampus fuscus''. Physical ...

'' * '' Hippocampus guttulatus'' * '' Hippocampus hippocampus'' * ''

Minyichthys sentus ''Minyichthys sentus'' is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. Little is known about this species preferred habitat and their proposed geographic distribution is based on only three specimens, two found in the Atlantic n ...

'' * '' Nerophis lumbriciformis'' * '' Nerophis maculatus'' * '' Nerophis ophidion'' * '' Syngnathus abaster'' * '' Syngnathus acus'' * '' Syngnathus phlegon'' * '' Syngnathus rostellatus'' * ''

Syngnathus taenionotus Darkflank pipefish (''Syngnathus taenionotus'') is a pipefish species that inhabits the north-western Adriatic. It is found both in marine and brackish habitats. It is a demersal fish in which the males are ovoviviparous Ovoviviparity, ovo ...

'' * '' Syngnathus tenuirostris'' * ''

Syngnathus typhle The broadnosed pipefish or deepnosed pipefish (''Syngnathus typhle'') is a fish of the family Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefishes). It is native to the Eastern Atlantic from Vardø in Norway, Baltic Sea (north to the Gulf of Finland) and the ...

Serranidae The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some ca ...

* '' Anthias anthias'' * '' Cephalopholis taeniops'' * '' Epinephelus aeneus'' * ''

Epinephelus caninus ''Epinephelus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are predatory fish, largely associated with reefs and are found ...

'' * ''

Epinephelus coioides The orange-spotted grouper (''Epinephelus coioides''), also known as the brown-spotted rockcod, estuary cod, estuary rockcod, goldspotted rockcod, greasy cod, North-west groper, orange spotted cod or blue-and-yellow grouper, is a species of marin ...

'' * '' Epinephelus costae'' * '' Epinephelus malabaricus'' * ''

Epinephelus marginatus ''Epinephelus marginatus'' (), the dusky grouper, yellowbelly rock cod or yellowbelly grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the an ...

'' * '' Hyporthodus haifensis'' * '' Mycteroperca rubra'' * ''

Serranus atricauda ''Serranus'' is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae. It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses". These fish are hermaphrodites, each individual possessing functional male and female reproductive tissues. When ...

'' * ''

Serranus cabrilla The comber (; ''Serranus cabrilla'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Serranidae, the sea basses. It is widely distributed in the eastern North and South Atlantic Oceans and into the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is caught f ...

'' * '' Serranus hepatus'' * ''

Serranus scriba The painted comber (''Serranus scriba'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea bass from the subfamily Serraninae, classified as part of the family Serranidae which includes the groupers and anthias. It is found in the eastern Atlantic ...

Scorpaeniformes The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, including the lionfishes and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei. It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320. They are ...

* ''

Helicolenus dactylopterus ''Helicolenus dactylopterus'', blackbelly rosefish, bluemouth rockfish, and bluemouth seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae which is classified within the family Scorpaenidae. This Atlantic spec ...

'' * '' Trachyscorpia cristulata'' * '' Pontinus kuhlii'' * '' Pterois miles'' * ''

Scorpaena azorica ''Scorpaena azorica'', the Azores scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This fish occurs in the Northeastern Atlantic region in European waters. This fish is found in demersa ...

'' * '' Scorpaena elongata'' * '' Scorpaena loppei'' * '' Scorpaena maderensis'' * '' Scorpaena notata'' * ''

Scorpaena porcus The black scorpionfish (''Scorpaena porcus''), also known as the European scorpionfish or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Britis ...

'' * ''

Scorpaena scrofa ''Scorpaena scrofa'', the red scorpionfish, bigscale scorpionfish, large-scaled scorpion fish, or rascasse is a venomous marine species of ray-finned fish in the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean a ...

'' * ''

Scorpaena stephanica ''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae ...

'' * '' Scorpaenodes arenai'' * '' Sebastapistes mauritiana'' * '' Elates ransonnetti'' * '' Papilloculiceps longiceps'' * '' Platycephalus indicus'' * '' Sorsogona prionota'' * '' Chelidonichthys cuculus'' * '' Chelidonichthys lucerna'' * '' Chelidonichthys obscurus'' * '' Eutrigla gurnardus'' * '' Lepidotrigla cavillone'' * '' Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei'' * '' Trigla lyra'' * '' Trigloporus lastoviza'' * '' Peristedion cataphractum''

Cottoidei Cottoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes which, according to the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'', is placed within the order Scorpaeniformes, alongside the scorpionfishes, flatheads, eelpouts, sticklebacks and related fishes. Taxono ...

* '' Taurulus bubalis'' * '' Eutelichthys leptochirus'' * '' Paraliparis murieli'' * '' Melanostigma atlanticum'' * ''

Cyclopterus lumpus ''Cyclopterus lumpus'', the lumpsucker or lumpfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers). It is the only member of the genus ''Cyclopterus''. It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Oc ...

Percoidei Percoidei is one of 3 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes. Many commercially harvested fish species are considered to be contained in this suborder, including the snappers, groupers, basses, goatfishes and perches. Divisions The ...

* ''

Synagrops japonicus ''Synagrops japonicus'' is a species of fish within the family of Acropomatidae. It was described by Döderlein in 1883. Distribution It can be found from Eastern Africa up to the islands of Hawaii. Most of them live at a depth of 100-800 m ...

'' * '' Apogon imberbis'' * '' Apogon queketti'' * '' Apogon smithi'' * '' Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis'' * '' Apogonichthyoides pharaonis'' * '' Apogonichthyoides taeniatus'' * '' Brama brama'' * '' Callanthias ruber'' * '' Centracanthus cirrus'' * '' Spicara maena'' * '' Spicara smaris'' * ''

Cepola macrophthalma ''Cepola macrophthalma'' is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cepolidae, the bandfishes. It is found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal north to the British Isles. This species is known as the red ba ...

'' * '' Chaetodon hoefleri'' * '' Chaetodon melannotus'' * '' Heniochus intermedius'' * ''

Platax teira ''Platax teira'', also known as the teira batfish, longfin batfish, longfin spadefish, or round faced batfish is a fish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in length. Descript ...

'' * '' Epigonus constanciae'' * '' Epigonus denticulatus'' * '' Epigonus telescopus'' * '' Microichthys coccoi'' * '' Microichthys sanzoi'' * '' Parapristipoma humile'' * '' Parapristipoma octolineatum'' * '' Plectorhinchus mediterraneus'' * '' Pomadasys incisus'' * '' Pomadasys stridens'' * '' Kyphosus saltatrix'' * '' Equulites klunzingeri'' * '' Lobotes surinamensis'' * ''

Lutjanus argentimaculatus The mangrove red snapper (''Lutjanus argentimaculatus''), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi, is a species ...

'' * '' Lutjanus jocu'' * ''

Dicentrarchus labrax The European bass (''Dicentrarchus labrax'') is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the su ...

'' * ''

Dicentrarchus punctatus The spotted seabass (''Dicentrarchus punctatus'') is a species of temperate bass native to marine and brackish waters of the coastal eastern Atlantic Ocean from the English Channel to the Canary Islands and Senegal, as well as through the Medite ...

'' * ''

Mullus barbatus ''Mullus barbatus'' (red mullet) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, where its range extends from Scandinavia to Senegal. They are fished, mostly by trawlin ...

'' * ''

Mullus surmuletus The striped red mullet or surmullet (''Mullus surmuletus'') is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea. They can be found in water as shallow as or as deep as depending upon the por ...

'' * '' Parupeneus forsskali'' * '' Pseudupeneus prayensis'' * '' Upeneus moluccensis'' * '' Upeneus pori'' * '' Nemipterus japonicus'' * '' Nemipterus randalli'' * '' Pempheris vanicolensis'' * '' Pomatomus saltatrix'' * '' Galeoides decadactylus'' * '' Polyprion americanus'' * ''

Priacanthus arenatus ''Priacanthus arenatus'', the toro or Atlantic bigeye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Some anglers refer to this fish as "toro snapper", but it is not a snapper, and only distantly related to the f ...

'' * ''

Rachycentron canadum The cobia (''Rachycentron canadum'') is a species of carangiform marine fish, the only extant representative of the genus ''Rachycentron'' and the family Rachycentridae. Other common names include black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfis ...

'' * ''

Argyrosomus regius ''Argyrosomus regius'', also known as the meagre, croaker, jewfish, shade-fish, sowa, kir, corvina, salmon-bass or stone bass, is a species of fish of the family Sciaenidae. This large fish has a pearly-silver to brownish coloration and a yello ...

'' * ''

Sciaena umbra The brown meagre or corb (''Sciaena umbra'') is a species of croaker found in, the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea occurring in shallow waters and sandy bottoms. It is harvested for human consumption, especially in the Mediterr ...

'' * '' Umbrina canariensis'' * '' Umbrina cirrosa'' * ''

Umbrina ronchus ''Umbrina ronchus'', the fusca drum, slender baardman, roncador, fusca croaker or slender tasselfish, is a species of croaker or drum from the family Sciaenidae which is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Description ...

'' * '' Sillago sihama'' * ''

Boops boops ''Boops boops'' (; from Ancient Greek , literally 'cow-eye'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. Distribution and habitat The sp ...

'' * '' Crenidens crenidens'' * ''

Dentex dentex The common dentex (''Dentex dentex'') is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. Etymology Genus and species Latin name ''Dentex'' is related to ''dentēs'' which means "teeth". Description Adult dentex can reach a length of , and weight ...

'' * ''

Dentex gibbosus ''Dentex'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * ''Dentex abei'' Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007 (Yellowfin seabream) * '' Dentex angolensis'' Poll & Maul, 1953 (Ang ...

'' * '' Dentex macrophthalmus'' * '' Dentex maroccanus'' * '' Diplodus annularis'' * '' Diplodus bellottii'' * ''

Diplodus cervinus ''Diplodus cervinus'', the zebra sea bream, is a species of seabream belonging to the family Sparidae. Description The zebra seabream has a high compressed laterally body with a pointed snout and thick lips. It is a medium-sized fish which can r ...

'' * '' Diplodus puntazzo'' * '' Diplodus sargus'' * ''

Diplodus vulgaris ''Diplodus vulgaris'', the common two-banded sea bream, is a species of seabream belonging to the family Sparidae. Description ''Diplodus vulgaris'' can reach a length of about with maximum recorded weight of . Body is generally grey-silver, wi ...

'' * '' Lithognathus mormyrus'' * '' Oblada melanura'' * '' Pagellus acarne'' * '' Pagellus bellottii'' * '' Pagellus bogaraveo'' * '' Pagellus erythrinus'' * ''

Pagrus auriga ''Pagrus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae. It contains at least six described species: *''Pagrus africanus'', Southern common seabream (Akazaki, 1962) *'' Pagrus auratus'', Silver seabream or Australasian snapper (Forster, 1801) ...

'' * ''

Pagrus caeruleostictus ''Pagrus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae. It contains at least six described species: *''Pagrus africanus'', Southern common seabream (Akazaki, 1962) *'' Pagrus auratus'', Silver seabream or Australasian snapper (Forster, 1801) ...

'' * ''

Pagrus major ''Pagrus major'' or red seabream is a fish species in the family Sparidae. It is also known by its Japanese name, madai. The fish has high culinary and cultural importance in Japan, and is also frequently eaten in Korea and Taiwan. Range an ...

'' * ''

Pagrus pagrus The red porgy (''Pagrus pagrus''), or common seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, being present on the western coast of Europe and the Mediter ...

'' * '' Rhabdosargus haffara'' * ''

Sarpa salpa ''Sarpa salpa'', known commonly as the dreamfish, salema, salema porgy, cow bream or goldline, is a species of sea bream, recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the length of its body, and which can cause ichthyoallyeinotoxism when ea ...

'' * '' Sparus aurata'' * ''

Spondyliosoma cantharus The black seabream (''Spondyliosoma cantharus'') is a species of Sparidae fishes. They are recognisable by their oval compressed body and jaws containing 4-6 rows of slender teeth which are larger at the front. They are silvery in colour with blu ...

'' * ''

Pelates quadrilineatus ''Pelates quadrilineatus'', also known as the trumpeter perch or fourlined terapon, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. It occurs in the western Indo-Pacific region, and also in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, ...

'' * '' Terapon puta'' * '' Terapon theraps''

Gobiidae Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...

* '' Aphia minuta'' * '' Bathygobius soporator'' * '' Buenia affinis'' * '' Buenia jeffreysii'' * '' Chromogobius quadrivittatus'' * '' Chromogobius zebratus'' * '' Corcyrogobius liechtensteini'' * '' Coryogalops ocheticus'' * '' Crystallogobius linearis'' * '' Deltentosteus collonianus'' * '' Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus'' * '' Didogobius bentuvii'' * '' Didogobius schlieweni'' * '' Didogobius splechtnai'' * '' Favonigobius melanobranchus'' * '' Gammogobius steinitzi'' * '' Gobius ater'' * '' Gobius auratus'' * '' Gobius bucchichi'' * '' Gobius cobitis'' * '' Gobius couchi'' * '' Gobius cruentatus'' * '' Gobius fallax'' * '' Gobius geniporus'' * '' Gobius kolombatovici'' * ''

Gobius niger The black goby (''Gobius niger'') is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates ...

'' * '' Gobius paganellus'' * '' Gobius roulei'' * '' Gobius strictus'' * '' Gobius vittatus'' * '' Gobius xanthocephalus'' * '' Gobiusculus flavescens'' * ''

Knipowitschia caucasica ''Knipowitschia caucasica'', the Caucasian dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and the Aegean Sea and to the Haliacmon drainage of Greece ...

Blenniidae

* '' Aidablennius sphynx'' * '' Blennius ocellaris'' * '' Coryphoblennius galerita'' * '' Hypleurochilus bananensis'' * '' Lipophrys adriaticus'' * '' Lipophrys canevae'' * '' Lipophrys dalmatinus'' * '' Lipophrys nigriceps'' * '' Lipophrys pholis'' * ''

Omobranchus punctatus ''Omobranchus punctatus'', the muzzled blenny or the spotted oyster blenny is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, co ...

'' * ''

Parablennius gattorugine The tompot blenny (''Parablennius gattorugine'') is a species of combtooth blenny from the north eastern Atlantic Ocean which is found in shallow, coastal waters off western Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa. Description The tompot blen ...

'' * '' Parablennius incognitus'' * '' Parablennius pilicornis'' * '' Parablennius rouxi'' * '' Parablennius sanguinolentus'' * '' Parablennius tentacularis'' * '' Parablennius zvonimiri'' * '' Paralipophrys trigloides'' * ''

Petroscirtes ancylodon ''Petroscirtes ancylodon'', the Arabian fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean, and since 1989 recorded on occasion in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea conn ...

'' * '' Salaria basilisca'' * '' Salaria pavo'' * '' Scartella cristata''

Callionymidae Dragonets are small, percomorph, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most o ...

* '' Clinitrachus argentatus'' * '' Tripterygion delaisi'' * '' Tripterygion melanurum'' * '' Tripterygion tripteronotum'' * '' Callionymus fasciatus'' * '' Callionymus filamentosus'' * ''

Callionymus lyra The common dragonet (''Callionymus lyra'') is a species of dragonet which is widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic where it is common near Europe from Norway and Iceland southwards. It is a demersal species that occurs over sand botto ...

'' * '' Callionymus maculatus'' * '' Callionymus pusillus'' * '' Callionymus reticulatus'' * '' Callionymus risso'' * '' Synchiropus phaeton''

Gobiesocidae Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or ...

* ''

Apletodon dentatus ''Apletodon dentatus'', the small-headed clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It is a benthic fish of shallow, rocky water on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea. Description ...

'' * '' Apletodon incognitus'' * '' Apletodon microcephalus'' * ''

Diplecogaster bimaculata ''Diplecogaster bimaculata'', the two-spotted clingfish, is a species of fish in the family Gobiesocidae found in Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean where it is found on rocks and among seagrass or shell beds. Description The speci ...

'' * '' Gouania willdenowi'' * ''

Lepadogaster candolii ''Lepadogaster candolii'', common name Connemarra clingfish, is a species of fish in the genus '' Lepadogaster''. It occurs in the Eastern Atlantic from the British Isles (off the coast of Western Scotland and South-West England and Ireland) sout ...

'' * ''

Lepadogaster lepadogaster The shore clingfish (''Lepadogaster lepadogaster'') is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean north to Galicia, Spain. Description Distribution Occurs in the eastern Atlantic fr ...

'' * '' Lepadogaster purpurea'' * '' Opeatogenys gracilis''

Labridae

* '' Acantholabrus palloni'' * '' Centrolabrus exoletus'' * '' Centrolabrus trutta'' * '' Coris julis'' * '' Ctenolabrus rupestris'' * '' Iniistius pavo'' * ''

Labrus bergylta The ballan wrasse (''Labrus bergylta'') is a species of marine ray finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it inhabits rocky areas. Like many wrasse species, it is a protogynous hermaphr ...

'' * ''

Labrus merula The brown wrasse (''Labrus merula'') is a species of wrasse native to the Eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Morocco, including the Azores, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. This species can reach in standard length, though most do not excee ...

'' * ''

Labrus mixtus The cuckoo wrasse (''Labrus mixtus'') is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Senegal, including the Azores and Madeira. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea. They occur in weedy, rocky areas mostly betwee ...

'' * ''

Labrus viridis ''Labrus viridis'' (the green wrasse) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Morocco, as well as through the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. This species is found around rocky reefs amongst the rocks or ...

'' * '' Lappanella fasciata'' * '' Pteragogus pelycus'' * '' Symphodus bailloni'' * '' Symphodus cinereus'' * '' Symphodus doderleini'' * '' Symphodus mediterraneus'' * '' Symphodus melanocercus'' * '' Symphodus melops'' * '' Symphodus ocellatus'' * '' Symphodus roissali'' * '' Symphodus rostratus'' * '' Symphodus tinca'' * '' Thalassoma pavo'' * ''

Xyrichtys novacula The pearly razorfish or cleaver wrasse, ''Xyrichtys novacula'', is a species of wrasse. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is popular as a game fish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. Description ''Xyrichtys ...

'' * ''

Scarus ghobban ''Scarus ghobban'', also known as the blue-barred parrotfish, blue trim parrotfish, cream parrotfish, globe-headed parrotfish, green blotched parrotfish, yellow scale parrotfish, and bluechin parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in t ...

'' * '' Sparisoma cretense''

Pomacentridae

* '' Abudefduf vaigiensis'' * '' Chromis chromis'' * '' Chromis viridis''

Carangoidei

* ''

Echeneis naucrates The live sharksucker or slender sharksucker (''Echeneis naucrates'') is a species of marine fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras. Distribution and habitat The species is considered as circumtropical, as it occurs in all tropical and warm t ...

'' * '' Remora australis'' * '' Remora brachyptera'' * '' Remora osteochir'' * ''

Remora remora The common remora (''Remora remora'') is a pelagic marine fish belonging to family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup, creating a vacuum to allow it to attach to larger marine animals, such as whales ...

'' * '' Coryphaena equiselis'' * ''

Coryphaena hippurus The mahi-mahi () or common dolphinfish (''Coryphaena hippurus'') is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called dorado (not to be confused with ''Salminus brasi ...

'' * '' Alectis alexandrinus'' * '' Alepes djedaba'' * '' Campogramma glaycos'' * '' Caranx crysos'' * '' Caranx hippos'' * '' Caranx rhonchus'' * ''

Decapterus macarellus The mackerel scad (''Decapterus macarellus''), or speedo, is a species of fish of the family, Carangidae. While mackerel scad can be considered gamefish, they are usually used as bait. They are popular for consumption in Hawai'i, the Philippines ...

'' * '' Decapterus punctatus'' * ''

Decapterus russelli The Indian Scad (''Decapterus russelli''), also known as the Northern mackerel scad, round scad, Russell's mackerel scad, slender scad or the three lined grunter, is a species of ray-finned fish of the genus ''Decapterus'' which is part of the Fa ...

'' * '' Elagatis bipinnulata'' * ''

Lichia amia The leerfish or garrick (''Lichia amia'') is a species of marine fish in the family Carangidae, and is native to the Mediterranean and the coastal waters of western Africa to the coastal waters of eastern South Africa.Van Der Elst, R. (1993). '' ...

'' * '' Naucrates ductor'' * ''

Pseudocaranx dentex The white trevally (''Pseudocaranx dentex''), also known as striped jack,) is a jack of the family Carangidae widespread in tropical and warm temperate areas between 40°N and 47°S, in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It h ...

'' * '' Selene dorsalis'' * ''

Seriola carpenteri ''Seriola carpenteri'' is a species of bony fish commonly known as the Guinean amberjack (French:'' Sériole guinéenne'', Spanish:'' Medregal de Guinea''), which feeds on squids and fishes. It attains a size of at least 48 cm (18.9 in) fork len ...

'' * ''

Seriola dumerili The greater amberjack (''Seriola dumerili''), also known as the allied kingfish, great amberfish, greater yellowtail, jenny lind, Sea donkey, purplish amberjack, reef donkey, rock salmon, sailors choice, yellowtail, and yellow trevally, is a spec ...

'' * ''

Seriola fasciata The lesser amberjack (''Seriola fasciata''), also known as the false amberjack or little amberjack, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Family (biology), family Carangidae, the jacks and pompanos. It occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. In the west ...

'' * ''

Seriola rivoliana The longfin yellowtail (''Seriola rivoliana''), also known as the almaco or silvercoat jack, deep-water, falcate, European or highfin amberjack, rock salmon, longfin or yellow kingfish, is a game fish of the family Carangidae; they are in the sam ...

'' * '' Trachinotus ovatus'' * '' Trachurus mediterraneus'' * '' Trachurus picturatus'' * '' Trachurus trachurus''

Stromateoidei Stromateoidei is a suborder of the Scombriformes, the largest order of fish. The suborder includes the medusafishes, squaretails and driftfishes which associate with jellyfish, the latter families preying on them while the medusafish use them ...

* ''

Centrolophus niger The black ruff (''Centrolophus niger'') is a medusafish, the only member of the genus ''Centrolophus''. It is a bathypelagic fish found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of . Its length is typically up to , but it may reach . Other ...

'' * '' Hyperoglyphe perciformis'' * '' Schedophilus medusophagus'' * '' Schedophilus ovalis'' * '' Cubiceps capensis'' * '' Cubiceps gracilis'' * ''

Psenes pellucidus ''Psenes pellucidus'', the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1000 m. ). It is also present in low abundance since the mid-20th century in ...

'' * ''

Pampus argenteus ''Pampus argenteus'', the silver pomfret or white pomfret, is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. The species h ...

'' * '' Stromateus fiatola''

Sphyraenidae A barracuda, or cuda for short, is a large, predatory, ray-finned fish known for its fearsome appearance and ferocious behaviour. The barracuda is a saltwater fish of the genus ''Sphyraena'', the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was ...

* '' Sphyraena chrysotaenia'' * '' Sphyraena flavicauda'' * ''

Sphyraena obtusata The obtuse barracuda, ''Sphyraena obtusata'', a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae A barracuda, or cuda for short, is a large, predatory, ray-finned fish known for its fearsome appearance and ferocious behaviour. The barracuda is a saltwat ...

'' * ''

Sphyraena sphyraena ''Sphyraena sphyraena'', also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Description ''Sphyraena sphyraena'' has a long, com ...

'' * '' Sphyraena viridensis''

Xiphioidei

* ''

Istiophorus platypterus The Indo-Pacific sailfish (''Istiophorus platypterus'') is a sailfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans and is naturalized in the Atlantic where it has entered the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant. It is dark b ...

'' * ''

Makaira indica The black marlin (''Istiompax indica'') is a species of marlin found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. With a maximum published length of and weight of , it is one of the largest marlins and also one of the la ...

'' * '' Makaira nigricans'' * '' Tetrapturus albidus'' * ''

Tetrapturus belone The Mediterranean spearfish (''Tetrapturus belone'') is a species of marlin native to the Mediterranean Sea where it is particularly common around Italy, although there is a probable record of one caught off Madeira. It is an open-water fish, be ...

'' * ''

Tetrapturus georgii The roundscale spearfish (''Tetrapturus georgii'') is a species of marlin native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Madeira, the Canary Islands to northern Africa and the western Mediterranean Sea to Sicily (man) it, Sicili ...

'' * '' Xiphias gladius''

Scombroidei

* ''

Ruvettus pretiosus The oilfish (''Ruvettus pretiosus'') is a species of snake mackerel fish with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans. It can be found at depths of from , usually between . It can grow to a length of TL (nearly 10 feet) ...

'' * ''

Lepidopus caudatus The silver scabbardfish (''Lepidopus caudatus''), also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic cutlassfish of the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or ...

'' * ''

Trichiurus lepturus The largehead hairtail (''Trichiurus lepturus'') or beltfish is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae. This common to abundant species is found in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world. The taxonomy is not fully resolved, ...

'' * ''

Acanthocybium solandri Wahoo (''Acanthocybium solandri'') is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh makes it a prized and valued game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is kn ...

'' * '' Auxis rochei rochei'' * '' Auxis thazard'' * '' Euthynnus alletteratus'' * '' Katsuwonus pelamis'' * '' Orcynopsis unicolor'' * '' Rastrelliger kanagurta'' * '' Sarda sarda'' * ''

Scomber colias Atlantic chub mackerel (''Scomber colias''), also known as Tinker mackerel, is a pelagic schooling species of mackerel found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. It was originally thought to be a subspecies of the chu ...

'' * ''

Scomber scombrus The Atlantic mackerel (''Scomber scombrus''), also known as Boston mackerel, Norwegian mackerel, Scottish mackerel or just mackerel, is a species of mackerel found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern ...

'' * ''

Scomberomorus commerson The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus commerson'') is a mackerel of the family Scombridae found in a wide-ranging area in Southeast Asia, but as far west as the east coast of Africa and from the Middle East and along the northern ...

'' * '' Scomberomorus tritor'' * '' Thunnus alalunga'' * '' Thunnus thynnus''

Trachinoidei Trachiniformes is an order of percomorph bony fish which is traditionally the suborder Trachinoidei of the Perciformes. However, the classification is also considered as a polyphyly by molecular phylogenies. Trachinidae itself is eventually ...

* ''

Ammodytes tobianus The lesser sand eel or sand lance (''Ammodytes tobianus'') is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to long. Description The body of the lesser sand eel has an elongated sh ...

'' * '' Champsodon nudivittis'' * '' Champsodon vorax'' * '' Gymnammodytes cicerelus'' * '' Gymnammodytes semisquamatus'' * '' Pinguipes brasilianus'' * ''

Uranoscopus scaber The Atlantic stargazer (''Uranoscopus scaber'') is a marine, subtropical fish of family Uranoscopidae. Its body is suited for living on the sea floor, and is one of few fish capable of bioelectrogenesis, or the ability to generate an electric ch ...

'' * ''

Echiichthys vipera The lesser weever (''Echiichthys vipera'') is a venomous weever of the family Trachinidae, in the order Perciformes, and the class Actinopterygii. It is generally found on the sandy sea beds of the open sea, near the shore. Lesser weevers may st ...

'' * '' Trachinus aranaeus'' * '' Trachinus draco'' * '' Trachinus radiatus''

Pleuronectiformes A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating ...

* '' Arnoglossus grohmanni'' * '' Arnoglossus imperialis'' * '' Arnoglossus kessleri'' * '' Arnoglossus laterna'' * '' Arnoglossus rueppelii'' * '' Arnoglossus thori'' * ''

Bothus podas ''Bothus podas'', also known as the wide-eyed flounder, is a flounder in the genus ''Bothus ''Bothus'' is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) from the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Some species in this genus h ...

'' * '' Citharus linguatula'' * '' Platichthys flesus'' * ''

Pleuronectes platessa The European plaice (''Pleuronectes platessa''), commonly referred to as simply plaice, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family Pleuronectidae. Description The European plaice is characterized, on their dors ...

'' * ''

Lepidorhombus boscii The four-spot megrim (''Lepidorhombus boscii'') is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found a depths between in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. It can be separated from its close relative, the megrim or whiff ( ...

'' * ''

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis The megrim, megrim sole, whiff, or Cornish sole (''Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis'') is a species of left-eyed flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea between below sea level. It is caught ...

'' * '' Psetta maxima'' * '' Scophthalmus rhombus'' * '' Zeugopterus punctatus'' * '' Zeugopterus regius'' * '' Bathysolea profundicola'' * '' Buglossidium luteum'' * '' Dicologlossa cuneata'' * '' Dicologlossa hexophthalma'' * ''

Microchirus azevia ''Microchirus azevia'', commonly known as the bastard sole, is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is found on the continental slope of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to about . Description The ...

'' * ''

Microchirus boscanion ''Microchirus'' is a genus of soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Microchirus azevia'' ( Brito Capello, 1867) (Bastard sole) * '' Microchirus ...

'' * ''

Microchirus ocellatus ''Microchirus'' is a genus of soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Microchirus azevia'' ( Brito Capello, 1867) (Bastard sole) * '' Microchirus ...

'' * ''

Microchirus variegatus The thickback sole (''Microchirus variegatus''), also known as the bastard sole and lucky sole, is a species of flatfish from the family of true soles, the Soleidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, it is a qua ...

'' * ''

Monochirus hispidus ''Monochirus'' is a genus of small soles. It contains two species; one from the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the second from the South China Sea. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Monochirus his ...

'' * ''

Pegusa impar ''Pegusa'' is a genus of Soleidae, soles native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Pegusa cadenati'' Paul Chabanaud, Chabanaud, 1954 (Cadenat's sole) * ...

'' * ''

Pegusa lascaris The sand sole (''Pegusa lascaris'') is a fish species in the family Soleidae. It is a marine, subtropical, demersal fish up to long. Widespread in the northeastern and southeastern Atlantic, to the Gulf of Guinea in the south, also in the Medi ...

'' * ''

Solea aegyptiaca The Egyptian sole (''Solea aegyptiaca'') is a species of flatfish in the true sole family, Soleidae. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the Mediterranean Sea, and is now colonising the Red Sea. It often semi-immerses itself in the substra ...

'' * '' Solea senegalensis'' * ''

Solea solea The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole (''Solea solea'') is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is one of the largest fish in the ''Solea'' genus. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterr ...

'' * '' Synaptura lusitanica'' * ''

Synapturichthys kleinii ''Synapturichthys kleinii'', Klein's sole, is a species of sole found in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Atlantic coast of Africa, just barely entering the Indian Ocean in South Africa. This species grows to a length of TL, though most on ...

'' * '' Cynoglossus sinusarabici'' * '' Symphurus ligulatus'' * '' Symphurus nigrescens''

Acanthuroidei

* '' Acanthurus monroviae'' * '' Luvarus imperialis'' * ''

Siganus luridus The dusky spinefoot (''Siganus luridus''), also known the squaretail rabbitfish,is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is native to the western Indian Ocean which has spread to the Mediterranean ...

'' * ''

Siganus rivulatus ''Siganus rivulatus'', the marbled spinefoot, rivulated rabbitfish or surf parrotfish, is a gregarious, largely herbivorous ray-finned fish of the family Siganidae. Its natural range encompasses the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea from where ...

Tetraodontiformes The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi. Sometimes these are classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes. The Tetraodontiformes are represented by 10 extant families and at least ...

* '' Balistes capriscus'' * '' Cyclichthys spilostylus'' * ''

Diodon hystrix Porcupinefishes or balloonfishes, are any of the various species of the genus ''Diodon'', the type genus of Diodontidae. Distinguishing features Fish of the genus ''Diodon'' have: * two-rooted, movable spines (which are derived from modified s ...

'' * ''

Mola mola The ocean sunfish or common mola (''Mola mola'') is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It was misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different species, '' Mola alexandrini''. Adults typically weigh between . The sp ...

'' * ''

Ranzania laevis The slender sunfish (''Ranzania laevis'') is a mola of the family Molidae, the only extant member of the genus ''Ranzania'',Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the ...

'' * ''

Stephanolepis diaspros ''Stephanolepis diaspros'', commonly known as the reticulated filefish or the reticulated leatherjacket, is a species of bony fish, a ray-finned fish in the family Monacanthidae. Its natural range is the western Indian Ocean but it is also one o ...

'' * '' Acanthostracion notacanthus'' * '' Acanthostracion quadricornis'' * ''

Lactophrys trigonus ''Lactophrys trigonus'', commonly called the ''buffalo trunkfish'' or ''trunkfish'', is a boxfish native to the Western Atlantic. Description The trunkfish has small diffuse white spots. Two areas, located on the pectoral region and halfway betw ...

'' * ''

Tetrosomus gibbosus ''Tetrosomus gibbosus'', commonly called camel cowfish because of the hump on its dorsal keel, is one of 22 species in the boxfish family, Ostraciidae. It is a ray finned fish. Other common names include helmet cowfish, humpback turretfish and th ...

'' * ''Tetragonurus cuvieri'' * ''Arothron hispidus'' * ''Ephippion guttifer'' * ''Lagocephalus lagocephalus'' * ''Lagocephalus sceleratus'' * ''Lagocephalus spadiceus'' * ''Lagocephalus suezensis'' * ''Sphoeroides marmoratus'' * ''Sphoeroides pachygaster'' * ''Torquigener flavimaculosus'' * ''Tylerius spinosissimus''

Other

* ''Halobatrachus didactylus'' * ''Gasterosteus aculeatus'' * ''Dactylopterus volitans'' * ''Capros aper''

Gallery

File:Basking Shark.jpg, ''

'' File:Fistularia commersonii1.jpg, '' Fistularia commersonii'' File:Thorogobius ephippiatus.jpg, '' Thorogobius ephippiatus'' File:Messina Straits Hexanchus griseus.jpg, ''Hexanchus griseus'' File:Squatina aculeata.004 - Aquarium Finisterrae.jpg, ''

'' File:Carcharodon_carcharias.jpg, '' Carcharodon carcharias'' File:Evermannella balbo.jpg, '' Evermannella balbo'' File:Mustelus_asterias_(Northsea).jpg, ''

'' File:Seeteufel.jpg, ''

'' File:Dactylopterus volitans.jpg, ''Dactylopterus volitans'' File:Mullus surmuletus.jpg, ''

'' File:Seriola dumerili by NPS 1.jpg, ''

'' File:Capo Gallo Oblada melanura.jpg, '' Oblada melanura'' File:Trachinus draco (Großes Petermännchen).jpg, '' Trachinus draco'' File:Cyclothone microdon.jpg, ''

'' File:Blennius ocellaris Messina.jpg, '' Blennius ocellaris'' File:Mola-mola-Lisboa-20051020.jpg, ''

'' File:Blue shark.jpg, '' Prionace glauca'' File:Lesueurigobius friesii.jpg, '' Lesueurigobius friesii'' File:Knipowitschia caucasica.jpg, ''

'' File:Molva molva.jpg, ''

'' File:Pegusa_lascaris.jpg, ''

'' File:Zebrus zebrus.jpg, '' Zebrus zebrus'' File:Zu cristatus2.jpg, '' Zu cristatus'' File:Epigonus telescopus (Bulls-eye).gif, '' Epigonus telescopus'' File:Il pasto.jpg, ''

'' File:Gasterosteus aculeatus.jpg, ''Gasterosteus aculeatus'' File:Female Dolphin Fish.jpg, ''

'' File:Squalus acanthias2.jpg, ''

'' File:European conger.jpg, ''

'' File:Thunnus alalunga.jpg, '' Thunnus alalunga'' File:Kleingefleckter Katzenhai.jpg, ''

'' File:Galeus melastomus 017.jpg, ''

'' File:Katzenhai-01.jpg, ''

'' File:Diaphus holti (no common name).gif, ''

'' File:Trachurus trachurus.Chicharro.jpg, '' Trachurus trachurus'' File:Sparus aurata.Dourada.jpg, '' Sparus aurata'' File:Zeus.faber 2.jpg, ''

'' File:Chromis chromis 2.jpg, '' Chromis chromis'' File:Parablenniusgattorugine.JPG, ''

'' File:Oilfish.jpg, ''

'' File:Cyclichthys spilostylus.jpg, '' Cyclichthys spilostylus'' File:Mora moro.jpg, '' Mora moro'' File:Gobius bucchichi2.jpg, '' Gobius bucchichi'' File:Sciaena umbra 01.jpg, ''

'' File:Pagellus_bogaraveo_-_Baron_Cuvier.jpg, '' Pagellus bogaraveo'' File:Merula1.jpg, ''

'' File:Capo Gallo Tripterygion melanurus.jpg, ''Tripterygion melanurus'' File:Symphodus roissali 1.jpg, '' Symphodus roissali'' File:Diplodus vulgaris.jpg, ''

'' File:Epinephelus marginatus.jpg, ''

'' File:Gobius vittatus.jpg, '' Gobius vittatus'' File:Serran.JPG, ''

'' File:Pagellus acarne.jpg, '' Pagellus acarne'' File:Ichthyococcus ovatus.jpg, ''

'' File:Coris julis (female).jpg, '' Coris julis'' File:Labrus viridis.jpg, ''

'' File:Pescaditos.jpg, '' Pomadasys incisus'' File:Bothus podas 02 by Line1.jpg, ''

'' File:Buenia affinis.jpg, '' Buenia affinis'' File:Apletodon incognitus.jpg, '' Apletodon incognitus'' File:Aidablennius sphynx head.jpg, '' Aidablennius sphynx'' File:Chlopsis_bicolor.jpg, '' Chlopsis bicolor'' File:Longnoselancetfish.jpg, '' Alepisaurus ferox'' File:Arnoglossus laterna 2.jpg, Peluda vera ('' Arnoglossus laterna'') File:Centrolophus niger.jpg, ''

'' File:Ecnau u0.gif, ''

'' File:Brama brama.jpg, '' Brama brama'' File:Dasyatis violacea.jpg, ''Dasyatis violacea'' File:Uranoscopus scaber.jpg, ''

'' File:Gobius geniporus.jpg, '' Gobius geniporus'' File:SagiHEyb.jpg, ''

'' File:Syngnathus typhle.jpg, ''

'' File:Nezumia aequalis.jpg, '' Nezumia aequalis'' File:Lobianchia gemellarii.jpg, ''

'' File:Pomatoschistus bathi 20-10-06 DSCF3721.jpg, '' Pomatoschistus bathi''

References

Sources

* Bent J. Muus, Jørgen G. Nielsen: ''Die Meeresfische Europas. In Nordsee, Ostsee und Atlantik.'' Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, . * Matthias Bergbauer, Bernd Humberg: ''Was lebt im Mittelmeer?'' 1999, Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, . * Fishbase
Fishspecies in Mediterranean Sea
* Jennings G.H. ''MedFish 2000 The taxonomic checklist and the 2004 CD Update.'' Calypso Publications, London:, {{ISBN, 0 906301 82 3.