Marine life
Mediterranean species
An archive to recognize what you meet underwater: fish, mollusks, crustaceans, corals and more, with habitat, depth and appearance. Search by name or get help identifying what you saw.
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Green sea grape
Caulerpa cylindracea
Plants · Caulerpaceae
0-40 m
Common spiny lobster
Palinurus elephas
Crustaceans · Palinuridae
10-70 m
European lobster
Homarus gammarus
Crustaceans · Nephropidae
5-50 m
Mediterranean barracuda
Sphyraena viridensis
Fish · Sphyraenidae
0-40 m
Peacock blenny
Salaria pavo
Fish · Blenniidae
0-5 m
Damselfish
Chromis chromis
Fish · Pomacentridae
2-40 m
Long-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus guttulatus
Fish · Syngnathidae
1-20 m
Dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus
Fish · Serranidae
5-50 m
Brown meagre
Sciaena umbra
Fish · Sciaenidae
5-50 m
Cratena
Cratena peregrina
Nudibranchs · Facelinidae
0-30 m
Common dentex
Dentex dentex
Fish · Sparidae
10-100 m
Rainbow wrasse
Coris julis
Fish · Labridae
1-60 m
Painted nudibranch
Felimare picta
Nudibranchs · Chromodorididae
0-50 m
Blue nudibranch
Felimare villafranca
Nudibranchs · Chromodorididae
0-40 m
Purple flabellina
Flabellina affinis
Nudibranchs · Flabellinidae
0-30 m
Violet flabellina
Edmundsella pedata
Nudibranchs · Flabellinidae
0-40 m
Monaco shrimp
Lysmata seticaudata
Crustaceans · Lysmatidae
1-40 m
Small-spotted catshark
Scyliorhinus canicula
Fish · Scyliorhinidae
10-100 m
Godiva nudibranch
Godiva banyulensis
Nudibranchs · Facelinidae
0-30 m
Yellow gorgonian
Eunicella cavolini
Corals & anemones · Gorgoniidae
10-60 m
Red gorgonian
Paramuricea clavata
Corals & anemones · Plexauridae
15-100 m
Atlantic blue crab
Callinectes sapidus
Crustaceans · Portunidae
0-30 m
Sally lightfoot crab
Percnon gibbesi
Crustaceans · Percnidae
0-10 m
Warty crab
Eriphia verrucosa
Crustaceans · Eriphiidae
0-15 m
European conger
Conger conger
Fish · Congridae
5-100 m
Yellow cluster anemone
Parazoanthus axinellae
Corals & anemones · Parazoanthidae
5-60 m
Nomad jellyfish
Rhopilema nomadica
Other · Rhizostomatidae
0-20 m
Mediterranean moray
Muraena helena
Fish · Muraenidae
1-50 m
Saddled seabream
Oblada melanura
Fish · Sparidae
0-30 m
Gilthead seabream
Sparus aurata
Fish · Sparidae
1-30 m
Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
Fish · Syngnathidae
0-15 m
Dusky spinefoot
Siganus luridus
Fish · Siganidae
0-30 m
Marbled spinefoot
Siganus rivulatus
Fish · Siganidae
0-30 m
Bluespotted cornetfish
Fistularia commersonii
Fish · Fistulariidae
1-60 m
Striped eel catfish
Plotosus lineatus
Fish · Plotosidae
1-60 m
Devil firefish
Pterois miles
Fish · Scorpaenidae
1-80 m
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
Fish · Scorpaenidae
1-50 m
Silver-cheeked toadfish
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Fish · Tetraodontidae
0-100 m
Mediterranean parrotfish
Sparisoma cretense
Fish · Scaridae
1-50 m
Redcoat squirrelfish
Sargocentron rubrum
Fish · Holocentridae
1-40 m
Common octopus
Octopus vulgaris
Mollusks · Octopodidae
0-50 m
Beadlet anemone
Actinia equina
Corals & anemones · Actiniidae
0-10 m
Neptune grass
Posidonia oceanica
Plants · Posidoniaceae
1-40 m
Thornback ray
Raja clavata
Fish · Rajidae
10-100 m
Cardinalfish
Apogon imberbis
Fish · Apogonidae
3-50 m
Stony sea urchin
Paracentrotus lividus
Other · Parechinidae
0-20 m
Salema
Sarpa salpa
Fish · Sparidae
0-20 m
Two-banded seabream
Diplodus vulgaris
Fish · Sparidae
0-50 m
White seabream
Diplodus sargus
Fish · Sparidae
0-30 m
Red scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa
Fish · Scorpaenidae
10-100 m
Common cuttlefish
Sepia officinalis
Mollusks · Sepiidae
1-50 m
Mediterranean fanworm
Sabella spallanzanii
Other · Sabellidae
1-30 m
Red starfish
Echinaster sepositus
Other · Echinasteridae
0-50 m
Black seabream
Spondyliosoma cantharus
Fish · Sparidae
5-50 m
Loggerhead turtle
Caretta caretta
Reptiles · Cheloniidae
0-50 m
Brown wrasse
Labrus merula
Fish · Labridae
1-30 m
Peacock wrasse
Symphodus tinca
Fish · Labridae
1-30 m
Greater weever
Trachinus draco
Fish · Trachinidae
5-50 m
Striped red mullet
Mullus surmuletus
Fish · Mullidae
5-50 m
Dotted sea slug
Peltodoris atromaculata
Nudibranchs · Discodorididae
5-50 m