Fish living in the Mediterranean Sea

Flounder, Southern

Paralichthys lethostigma

Latin Name Paralichthys lethostigma Other names Flatfish, flounder, halibut, mud flounder, plie, southern fluke; Spanish: lenguado …

Shark, Basking

Cetorhinus maximus

The dark gray or slate-gray fish, transitioning to a paler hue, got its name from its …

Shark, Blacktip

Carcharhinus limbatus

Dark bluish-gray on the back and whitish underneath, with a distinctive silvery-white stripe on each side. …

Shark, Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

The porbeagle has a strong, cobalt blue body with a perfectly conical snout ending in a …

Spearfish, Mediterranean

Tetrapturus belone

Body powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides: snout in form of elongated, lance-shaped, rounded in cross-section …

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

Tope has a slender body, a prominent, long, pointed snout, long pectoral fins, and a large …

Torpedo, Atlantic

Torpedo nobiliana

Atlantic torpedo has a broad disc, flattened in front, and a short snout. It has a …

Tunny, Little

Euthynnus alletteratus

The body is spindle-shaped. Little tunny has a scattering of dark fingerprint-like spots between the pectoral …