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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 .
Pages in category "Fish of the Mediterranean Sea" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata), also known as the gilthead, gilt-head seabream or silver seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams or porgies. This fish is found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. It is a highly esteemed food fish and an important species in aquaculture.
The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), also known as the branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or loup de mer, 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 ...
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 to Angola, and is a benthic fish typically encountered over soft substrates in fairly shallow, coastal waters.
The female fish tend to be larger than the males and reach sexual maturity at around 15 cm, in Egyptian Mediterranean waters spawning was recorded between January and June, females producing up to 38,000 eggs, with the most eggs being produced by the longest females. [7] S.aegytiaca is a host for the trematode parasite Allopodocotyle ...
Apogon imberbis, the cardinalfish, the Mediterranean cardinalfish or king of the mullets, is a species of ray-finned fish, a cardinalfish belonging to the family Apogonidae. It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and along the warm temperate and tropical eastern Atlantic coasts from Portugal south to the Gulf of Guinea. School of A. imberbis
The Mediterranean moray inhabits the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to the coast of Senegal; the waters of the Canary Islands and the Azores; and the Mediterranean Sea. [citation needed] It prefers rocky bottoms and lives at depths between 1 and 801 metres with the 100–300 m range the most common habitat. [3]