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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.
Dulcic, J. and A. Pallaoro (2003). Lessepsian Fish Migrants Reported in the East Adriatic Sea: An Annotated List, Ser. hist. nat.. Golani, D. (1998). Impact of Red Sea Fish Migrants through the Suez Canal on the Aquatic Environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, Yale FE&S Bulletin 103. Tortonese E (1966). "Echinoderms from the coast of Lebanon".
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 ...
It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important food fish. [4] Turbot in the Black Sea were often included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate - the Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus). [5]
The Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) is a species of parrotfish found at depths up to 50 m (160 ft) along rocky shores in the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, from Portugal south to Senegal. [1] [2] [3] It is generally common, but uncommon or rare (locally even absent) in the northwestern Mediterranean and in the Adriatic Sea.
The maximum length for the species is 25 cm (9.8 in). There is a marked difference in the appearance of the two phases. In the Mediterranean Sea, the secondary-phase male is green, blue, or brown, with white belly, a dark blue spot over the ventral fin , and a bright orange band on the side, while the smaller primary-phase females and males are ...