Fish and Marine Species Found in the Mediterranean Sea

# Fish Name Local Name Size (cm) Image Seen in Lebanese Water

BlackFin Barracuda

150

Yes

Bearded Fireworm

EM 44

Yes

Black Sea Urchin

Toutia

Yes

Black Tailed Wrasse

N\

Blue Runner

Traykhoun

30

Yes

Blue Triggerfish

Mabrad

40

Yes

Bluefin Tuna

100

Yes

Cardinalfish

10

No

Dentex

Bassas

100

Yes

10

Common Lobster

Karakand

40

No

11

Common Stingray

Ba2ra

60

Yes

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Conger Eel

Hanklis

200

Rarely

13

Cow Bream

50

Yes

14

Cuttlefish

Sabiddij

40

Yes

15

Damselfish

3afrit

15

Yes

16

Dusky Grouper

Lekouz Sakhreh

150

Yes

17

Eagle Ray

150

Yes

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Flying Fish

30

Yes

19

Fragile Brittlestar

Yes

20

Gorgonian

No

21

Greater Forkbeard

70

No

22

Greater Weeverfish

40

No

23

John Dory

40

Rarely

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Lady Godiva

No

25

Lesser Spotted Dogfish

100

No

26

Lizardfish

30

Rarely

27

Loggerhead Turtle

Yes

28

Long Armed Brittlestar

15

Yes

29

Long-Snout Sea Horse

15

Yes

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Mediterranean Cerith

Yes

31

Moray Eel

Zrembeyeh

150

Yes

32

Neptune Grass

100

Yes

33

Ocellated Wrasse

10

Yes

34

Ornate Wrasse

3raysseh

20

Yes

35

Painted Comber

Wewe

30

Yes

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Sparisoma Cretense

Zolle2 Ahmar

50

Yes

37

Peacock Worm

Yes

38

Pearly Razorfish

Fara

20

Yes

39

Picarel

25

No

40

Pink Flatworm

No

41

Pipefish

40

Rarely

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Queen Scallop

Yes

43

Rainbow Wrasse

15

Yes

44

Red Hermit Crab

Yes

45

Red Scorpionfish

Dri2neh

15

Yes

46

Red Star

15

Yes

47

Red Triple Fin Blenny

Yes

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Saddled Bream

Mannouri

30

Yes

49

Sea Bass

Brei2

100

Yes

50

Sea Potato

12

Yes

51

Small Sea Hare

20

Yes

52

Smooth Hound

150

No

53

Squirrelfish

Naylon

15

Yes

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Stargazer

40

No

55

Streaked Gurnard

40

Yes

56

Striped Blenny

Yes

57

Striped Bream

Marmour

50

Yes

58

Striped Grouper

Ramliyeh

100

Yes

59

Striped Mullet

Boureh

40

Yes

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Swallowtail Seaperch

10

No

61

Thornback Ray

90

Yes

62

Triton Trumpet

Bou2

40

Yes

63

Trumpet Anemone

15

Yes

64

Trumpetfish

20

Rarely

65

Two Banded Bream

Kharkoun

40

Yes

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White Spotted Octopus

Akhtabout

100

Yes

67

White Tipped Nudibranch

No

68

White-Eyed Flounder

40

Yes

69

Yellow Cup Coral Co a

No

70

Zebra Sea Bream

Hidded

50

Yes

71

White seabream

Sarghous

50

Yes

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Sharpsnout seabream

Hasfour

50

Yes

73

Elongated pufferfish

Baloun

Yes

74

Golden pufferfish

Manfakh

Yes

75

Goldband goatfish

Sultan Ramli

Yes

76

Pors goatfish

Sultan Sakhri

Yes

77

Shrimp scad

3at3out

Yes

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Dragonet

Rarely

79

Slender rainbow sardine

yes

80

Bluespotted cornetfish

Flute

Yes

81

Spotted herring

Ghobbos

Yes

82

Vanikoro sweeper

Yes

83

Plotosus lineatus

No

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Narrowbarred Spanish mackerel

Abou Sin

Rarely

85

Lesser amberjack

Jaro

Rarely

86

Dusky spine foot

Mwassta Sawda

Yes

87

Marbel spine foot oot

Mwassta Bayda

Yes

88

Yellow stripe barracuda

Mallifa

Yes

89

Arc Shell

Yes

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Variable mussel

Yes

91

Ragged sea hare

No

92

Green bugmussel

Im el Khouloud

Yes

93

Soft shell clam

Yes

94

Pearl oyster

Yes

95

Veined rapa whelk

Yes

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Shiro-toge-umi-giku

Yes

97

Persian Conch

Yes

98

Blue Crab

Yes

99

Swimming Crab

Yes

100

Spiny hands

Yes

101

Dyspanopaeus sayi

Yes

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Mantis shrimp

No

103

Chinese mitten crab

No

104

Tiger prawn Karuma

Yes

105

A shrimp

Yes

106

Speckled shrimp

Yes

107

Penegrine shrimp

Yes

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Green tiger prawn

Yes

109

Nimble spray crab

Yes

110

Blue swimming crab

Yes

111

Jelly Fish

Andeel

Yes

PREPARED AND DESIGNED BY:

SharksdiveTeam August 2011