Marine Life of the Mediterranean

Most common species found in the Med by scuba divers.

All 201

Ocean Sunfish ¹
Mola mola

Grey Triggerfish ²
Balistes capriscus

Striped Red Mullet ³
Mullus surmuletus

Mediterranean Amberjack ⁴
Seriola carpenteri

Greater Amberjack ⁵
Seriola dumerili

Yellowmouth Barracuda ⁶
Sphyraena viridensis

Golden Goby ⁷
Gobius auratus

Bucchich's goby ⁸
Gobius bucchichi

Red-mouthed Goby ⁹
Gobius cruentatus

Slender Goby ⁸
Gobius geniporus

Leopard-spotted Goby ¹⁰
Thorogobius ephippiatus

Dogtooth Grouper ¹¹
Epinephelus caninus

Gold Blotch Grouper ¹²
Epinephelus costae

Dusky Grouper ²
Epinephelus marginatus

Comber ¹³
Serranus cabrilla

Painted Comber ¹⁴
Serranus scriba

Mediterranean Fairy Basslet ¹⁵
Anthias anthias

Brown Chromis ¹⁶
Chromis multilinea

Brown Meagre
Sciaena umbra

Annular Seabream ¹⁷
Diplodus annularis

Zebra Seabream ¹⁸
Diplodus cervinus

Sharpsnout Seabream ¹⁹
Diplodus puntazzo

White Bream ²⁰
Diplodus sargus

Common Two-banded Seabream ²
Diplodus vulgaris

Bogue ¹⁷
Boops boops

Common Dentex ⁶
Dentex dentex

Striped Seabream ⁸
Lithognathus mormyrus

Saddled Seabream ⁸
Oblada melanura

Common Seabream ¹⁵
Pagrus pagrus

Salema ²¹
Sarpa salpa

Gilthead Seabream ⁸
Sparus aurata

Black Seabream ²²
Spondyliosoma cantharus

African Striped Grunt ²
Parapristipoma octolineatum

French Grunt ²³
Haemulon flavolineatum

Bluestriped Grunt ²³
Haemulon sciurus

Ornate Wrasse ²⁴
Thalassoma pavo

Rainbow Wrasse ²⁵
Coris julis

Brown wrasse ⁶
Labrus merula

Cuckoo Wrasse ¹⁰
Labrus mixtus

Green Wrasse ²⁶
Labrus viridis

Doderlein's Wrasse ¹⁵
Symphodus doderleini

Axillary Wrasse ²⁷
Symphodus mediterraneus

Blacktailed Wrasse
Symphodus melanocercus

Ocellated Wrasse ¹⁵
Symphodus ocellatus

Pointed-snout Wrasse ¹⁵
Symphodus rostratus

East Atlantic peacock wrasse ²⁸
Symphodus tinca

Pearly Razorfish ²⁹
Xyrichtys novacula

Tompot Blenny ²⁸
Parablennius gattorugine

Longstriped blenny ¹⁷
Parablennius rouxi

Rusty blenny ⁸
Parablennius sanguinolentus

Tentacled Blenny ¹⁷
Parablennius tentacularis

Zvonimir's Blenny ¹⁷
Parablennius zvonimiri

Montagu's Blenny ⁸
Coryphoblennius galerita

European Parrotfish ²⁹
Sparisoma cretense

European Seabass ²²
Dicentrarchus labrax

Atlantic Wreckfish ³⁰
Polyprion americanus

Flathead Mullet ³¹
Mugil cephalus

Black-faced blenny ²⁹
Tripterygion delaisi

Small Triplefin Blenny ³²
Tripterygion melanurum

Red-black triplefin ³³
Tripterygion tripteronotum

Mediterranean Cardinalfish ¹³
Apogon imberbis

Blotched Picarel ¹⁵
Spicara maena

Picarel ¹⁵
Spicara smaris

Spotted Weever ¹⁷
Trachinus araneus

Greater Weever ²²
Trachinus draco

Atlantic Stargazer ³⁴
Uranoscopus scaber

Madeira Scorpionfish ³⁵
Scorpaena maderensis

Small Red Scorpionfish ³⁶
Scorpaena notata

Black Scorpionfish ³⁶
Scorpaena porcus

Streaked Gurnard ³⁷
Trigloporus lastoviza

Flying Gurnard ³⁸
Dactylopterus volitans

Mediterranean moray ³⁹
Muraena helena

Conger Eel ³⁹
Conger conger

Eckström's Topknot ⁴⁰
Zeugopterus regius

Wide-eyed Flounder ⁴¹
Bothus podas

Atlantic Lizardfish ⁴²
Synodus saurus

Long-spined Anglerfish ⁴³
Lophius piscatorius

Forkbeard ³⁹
Phycis phycis

John Dory ³¹
Zeus faber

Southern Sand Smelt ⁸
Atherina hepsetus

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