Marine Life of the Mediterranean

Most common species found in the Med by scuba divers.

All 201

Common stingray ¹
Dasyatis pastinaca

Lesser Spotted Dogfish ²
Scyliorhinus canicula

Marbled Electric Ray ³
Torpedo marmorata

Ocean Sunfish ⁴
Mola mola

Grey Triggerfish ³
Balistes capriscus

Striped Red Mullet ⁵
Mullus surmuletus

Mediterranean Amberjack ⁶
Seriola carpenteri

Greater Amberjack ⁷
Seriola dumerili

Yellowmouth Barracuda ⁸
Sphyraena viridensis

Golden Goby ⁹
Gobius auratus

Bucchich's goby ¹⁰
Gobius bucchichi

Red-mouthed Goby ¹¹
Gobius cruentatus

Slender Goby ¹⁰
Gobius geniporus

Leopard-spotted Goby ¹²
Thorogobius ephippiatus

Dogtooth Grouper ¹³
Epinephelus caninus

Gold Blotch Grouper ¹⁴
Epinephelus costae

Dusky Grouper ³
Epinephelus marginatus

Comber ¹⁵
Serranus cabrilla

Painted Comber ¹⁶
Serranus scriba

Mediterranean Fairy Basslet ¹⁷
Anthias anthias

Brown Chromis ¹⁸
Chromis multilinea

Brown Meagre
Sciaena umbra

Annular Seabream ¹⁹
Diplodus annularis

Zebra Seabream ²⁰
Diplodus cervinus

Sharpsnout Seabream ²¹
Diplodus puntazzo

White Bream ²²
Diplodus sargus

Common Two-banded Seabream ³
Diplodus vulgaris

Bogue ¹⁹
Boops boops

Common Dentex ⁸
Dentex dentex

Striped Seabream ¹⁰
Lithognathus mormyrus

Saddled Seabream ¹⁰
Oblada melanura

Common Seabream ¹⁷
Pagrus pagrus

Salema ²
Sarpa salpa

Gilthead Seabream ¹⁰
Sparus aurata

Black Seabream ²³
Spondyliosoma cantharus

African Striped Grunt ³
Parapristipoma octolineatum

French Grunt ²⁴
Haemulon flavolineatum

Bluestriped Grunt ²⁴
Haemulon sciurus

Ornate Wrasse ²⁵
Thalassoma pavo

Rainbow Wrasse ²⁶
Coris julis

Brown wrasse ⁸
Labrus merula

Cuckoo Wrasse ¹²
Labrus mixtus

Green Wrasse ²⁷
Labrus viridis

Doderlein's Wrasse ¹⁷
Symphodus doderleini

Axillary Wrasse ²⁸
Symphodus mediterraneus

Blacktailed Wrasse
Symphodus melanocercus

Ocellated Wrasse ¹⁷
Symphodus ocellatus

Pointed-snout Wrasse ¹⁷
Symphodus rostratus

East Atlantic peacock wrasse ²⁹
Symphodus tinca

Pearly Razorfish ³⁰
Xyrichtys novacula

Tompot Blenny ²⁹
Parablennius gattorugine

Longstriped blenny ¹⁹
Parablennius rouxi

Rusty blenny ¹⁰
Parablennius sanguinolentus

Tentacled Blenny ¹⁹
Parablennius tentacularis

Zvonimir's Blenny ¹⁹
Parablennius zvonimiri

Montagu's Blenny ¹⁰
Coryphoblennius galerita

European Parrotfish ³⁰
Sparisoma cretense

European Seabass ²³
Dicentrarchus labrax

Atlantic Wreckfish ³¹
Polyprion americanus

Flathead Mullet ³²
Mugil cephalus

Black-faced blenny ³⁰
Tripterygion delaisi

Small Triplefin Blenny ³³
Tripterygion melanurum

Red-black triplefin ³⁴
Tripterygion tripteronotum

Mediterranean Cardinalfish ¹⁵
Apogon imberbis

Blotched Picarel ¹⁷
Spicara maena

Picarel ¹⁷
Spicara smaris

Spotted Weever ¹⁹
Trachinus araneus

Greater Weever ²³
Trachinus draco

Atlantic Stargazer ³⁵
Uranoscopus scaber

Madeira Scorpionfish ³⁶
Scorpaena maderensis

Small Red Scorpionfish ³⁷
Scorpaena notata

Black Scorpionfish ³⁷
Scorpaena porcus

Streaked Gurnard ³⁸
Trigloporus lastoviza

Flying Gurnard ³⁹
Dactylopterus volitans

Mediterranean moray ⁴⁰
Muraena helena

Conger Eel ⁴⁰
Conger conger

Eckström's Topknot ⁴¹
Zeugopterus regius

Wide-eyed Flounder ⁴²
Bothus podas

Atlantic Lizardfish ⁴³
Synodus saurus

Long-spined Anglerfish ⁴⁴
Lophius piscatorius

Forkbeard ⁴⁰
Phycis phycis

John Dory ³²
Zeus faber

Southern Sand Smelt ¹⁰
Atherina hepsetus

Red Sea Squirt ²⁶
Halocynthia papillosa

Light-bulb Sea Squirt ⁴⁵
Clavelina lepadiformis

Mediterranean Violet Aeolid ²⁰
Flabellina affinis

White Flabellina Nudibranch
Flabellina babai

Flabellina Nudibranch ⁸
Flabellina ischitana

Lady Godiva ³⁷
Dondice banyulensis

Feathered Sea Slug ⁴⁶
Cratena peregrina

Giant Doris ⁴⁷
Hypselodoris picta

Leopard Sea Slug ⁴⁸
Peltodoris atromaculata

Depilatory Sea Hare
Aplysia depilans

Mediterranean Limpet ⁴⁹
Patella caerulea

Banded Dye-murex ⁵⁰
Hexaplex trunculus

Florida Rocksnail ⁵¹
Stramonita haemastoma

Green Ormer ²⁶
Haliotis tuberculata

Chestnut Turban ⁵²
Bolma rugosa

Scotch Bonnet ⁵³
Phalium granulatum

Lurid Cowry ¹⁹
Luria lurida

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