CHECKLIST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FISHES OF ISRAEL

CLASS ELASMOBRANCHII
HEXANCHIFORMES
HEXANCHIDAE
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

LAMNIFORMES
ALOPIIDAE
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1841)
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
CARCHARIIDAE
Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
CETORHINIDAE
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
LAMNIDAE
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
ODONTASPIDIDAE
Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810)

CARCHARHINIFORMES
CARCHARHINIDAE
Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes, 1839)
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
PENTANCHIDAE
Galeus melastomus (Rafinesque, 1810)
SCYLIORHINIDAE
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
SPHYRNIDAE
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
TRIAKIDAE
Mustelus asterias (Cloquet, 1819)
Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)

SQUALIFORMES
CENTROPHORIDAE
Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
DALATIIDAE
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)
ETMOPTERIDAE
Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
OXYNOTIDAE
Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758)
SOMNIOSIDAE
Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827)
SQUALIDAE
Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squalus blainville (Risso, 1827)

SQUATINIFORMES
SQUATINIDAE
Squatina aculeata (Cuvier, 1829)
Squatina oculata (Bonaparte, 1840)
Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

RHINOPRISTIFORMES
GLAUCOSTEGIDAE
Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
PRISTIDAE
Pristis pectinata (Latham,1794)
RHINOBATIDAE
Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758)

TORPEDINIFORMES
TORPEDINIDAE
Tetronarce nobiliana (Bonnaterre, 1835)
Torpedo marmorata (Risso, 1810)
Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

RAJIFORMES
RAJIDAE
Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Raja asterias (Delaroche, 1809)
Raja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Raja miraletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Raja montagui (Fowler, 1910)
Raja radula (Delaroche, 1809)
Raja undulata (Lacépède, 1802)

MYLIOBATIFORMES
DASYATIDAE
Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815)
Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828)
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dasyatis tortonesei (Capapé, 1975)
Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789)
Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Taeniurops grabatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
GYMNURIDAE
Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
MOBULIDAE
Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
 MYLIOBATIDAE
Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)
RHINOPTERIDAE
Rhinoptera marginata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

CLASS HOLOCEPHALI
CHIMAERIFORMES
CHIMAERIDAE
Chimaera monstrosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

CLASS TELEOSTEI
NOTACANTHIFORMES
NOTACANTHIDAE
Notacanthus bonaparte (Risso, 1840)
Polyacanthonotus rissoanus (De Philippi & Verany, 1857)

ANGUILLIFORMES
ANGUILLIDAE
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
CONGRIDAE
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809)
Rhynchoconger trewavasae (Ben-Tuvia, 1993)
HETERENCHELYIDAE
Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
MURAENESOCIDAE
Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775)
MURAENIDAE
Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838)
Gymnothorax reticularis (Bloch, 1795)
Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809)
Muraena helena (Linnaeus, 1758)
NEMICHTHYIDAE
Nemichthys scolopaceus (Richardson, 1848)
NETTASTOMATIDAE
Facciolella oxyrhynchus (Bellotti, 1883)
Nettastoma melanura (Rafinesque, 1810)
OPHICHTHIDAE
Apterichtus anguiformis (Peters, 1877)
Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809)
Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)
SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE
Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887)

CLUPEIFORMES
ALOSIDAE
Alosa fallax (Lacépède, 1803)
Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)
DOROSOMATIDAE
Herklotsichthys punctatus (Rüppell, 1837)
Sardinella aurita (Valenciennes, 1847)
Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)
Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838)
DUSSUMIERIIDAE
Dussumieria elopsoides (Bleeker, 1849)
Etrumeus golanii (DiBattista, Randall & Bowen, 2012)
ENGRAULIDAE
Encrasicholina gloria (Hata & Motomura, 2016)
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823)
Stolephorus insularis (Hardenberg, 1933)
SPRATELLOIDIDAE
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832)

SILURIFORMES
ARIIDAE
Carlarius parkii (Günther, 1864)
PLOTOSIDAE
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)

ARGENTINIFORMES
ARGENTINIDAE
Argentina sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glossanodon leioglossus (Valenciennes, 1848)

STOMIIFORMES
GONOSTOMATIDAE
Cyclothone braueri (Jespersen & Tåning, 1926)
Cyclothone pygmaea (Jespersen & Tåning, 1926)
Gonostoma denudatum (Rafinesque, 1810)
PHOSICHTHYIDAE
Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838)
Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)
STERNOPTYCHIDAE
Argyropelecus hemigymnus (Cocco, 1829)
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)
STOMIIDAE
Bathophilus nigerrimus (Giglioli, 1882)
Chauliodus sloani (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
AULOPIFORMES
AULOPIDAE
Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792)
CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE
Chlorophthalmus agassizi (Bonaparte, 1840)
IPNOPIDAE
Bathypterois dubius (Vaillant, 1888)
 LESTIDIIDAE
Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger,1889)
Lestidiops sphyraenoides (Risso, 1820)
PARALEPIDIDAE
Paralepis coregonoides (Risso, 1820)
Paralepis speciosa (Bellotti, 1878)
Sudis hyalina (Rafinesque, 1810)
SYNODONTIDAE
Saurida lessepsianus (Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015)
Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

MYCTOPHIFORMES
MYCTOPHIDAE
Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837)
Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839)
Diaphus holti (Tåning, 1918)
Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838)
Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)
Gonichthys cocco (Cocco, 1829)
Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838)
Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)
Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810)
Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson, 1890)
Lobianchia dofleinii (Zugmayer, 1911)
Myctophum punctatum (Rafinesque, 1810)
Notoscopelus bolini (Nafpaktitis, 1975)

LAMPRIFORMES
TRACHIPTERIDAE
Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789)
Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819)

GADIFORMES
BREGMACEROTIDAE
Bregmaceros nectabanus (Whitley, 1941)
GADIDAE
Gadiculus argenteus (Guichenot, 1850)
Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
Trisopterus capelanus (Lacépède, 1800)
MACROURIDAE
Coelorhinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810)
Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888)
Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893)
Hymenocephalus italicus (Giglioli, 1884)
Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838)
MERLUCCIIDAE
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
MORIDAE
Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)
Mora moro (Risso, 1810)
PHYCIDAE
Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768)
Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766)

OPHIDIIFORMES
BYTHITIDAE
Cataetyx laticeps (Koefoed, 1927)
CARAPIDAE
Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768)
Echiodon dentatus (Cuvier, 1829)
OPHIDIIDAE
Ophiodon barbatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parophidion vassali (Risso, 1810)

LOPHIIFORMES
LOPHIIDAE
Lophius budegassa (Spinola, 1807)
Lophius piscatorius (Linnaeus, 1758)

GOBIESOCIFORMES
GOBIESOCIDAE
Gouania willdenowi (Risso, 1810)
Lepadogaster candolli (Risso, 1810)
Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)

ATHERINIFORMES
ATHERINIDAE
Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810)
Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838)

CYPRINODONTIFORMES
APHANIIDAE
Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829)
Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)

BELONIFORMES
BELONIDAE
Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846)
Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760)
Belone svetovidovi (Collette & Parin, 1970)
Tylosurus acus (Lacépède, 1803)
Tylosurus choram (Rüppell, 1837)
Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810)
EXOCOETIDAE
Cheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771)
Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847)
Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847)
HEMIRAMPHIDAE
Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther, 1866)
Hyporhamphus picarti (Valenciennes, 1847)
SCOMBERESOCIDAE
Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792)

TRACHICHTHYIFORMES
TRACHICHTHYIDAE
Hoplostethus mediterraneus (Cuvier, 1829)

HOLOCENTRIFORMES
HOLOCENTRIDAE
Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775)

ZEIFORMES
ZEIDAE
Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758)

SYNGNATHIFORMES
CENTRISCIDAE
Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)
FISTULARIIDAE
Fistularia commersonii (Rüppell, 1838)
Fistularia petimba (Lacépède, 1803)
SYNGNATHIDAE
Hippocampus fuscus (Rüppell, 1838)
Hippocampus guttulatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nerophis maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758)
Syngnathus abaster (Risso, 1827)
Syngnathus acus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Syngnathus phlegon (Risso, 1827)
Syngnathus typhle (Linnaeus, 1758)

PERCIFORMES/SCORPAENOIDEI
PERISTEDIIDAE
Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus. 1758)
PLATYCEPHALIDAE
Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sorsogona prionata (Sauvage, 1873)
SCORPAENIDAE
Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
Scorpaena azorica (Eschmeyer, 1969)
Scorpaena elongata (Cadenat, 1943)
Scorpaena loppei (Cadenat, 1943)
Scorpaena maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
Scorpaena notata (Rafinesque, 1810)
Scorpaena porcus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scorpaena scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758)
SEBASTIDAE
Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)
SYNANCEIIDAE
Synanceia verrucosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
TRIGLIDAE
Chelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelidonichthys lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Chelidonichthys lucerna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eutrigla gurnardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lepidotrigla cavillone (Lacépède, 1801)
Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei (Blanc & Hureau, 1973)
Trigla lyra (Linnaeus, 1758)

DACTYLOPTERIFORMES
DACTYLOPTERIDAE
Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

ACANTHURIFORMES
ACANTHURIDAE
Acanthurus coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Acanthurus monroviae (Steindachner, 1876)
CAPROIDAE
Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758)
CHAETODONTIDAE
Chaetodon austriacus (Rüppell, 1836)
Chaetodon larvatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Heniochus intermedius (Steindachner, 1893)
EPHIPPIDAE
Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775)
LEIOGNATHIDAE
Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932)
LOBOTIDAE
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
POMACANTHIDAE
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)
Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)
SIGANIDAE
Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829)
Siganus rivulatus (Forsskål, 1775)

CICHLIFORMES
CICHLIDAE
Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
KURTIFORMES
APOGONIDAE
Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874)
Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903)
Jaydia smithi (Kotthaus, 1970)
Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790)

PERCIFORMES/PERCOIDEI
TRACHINIDAE
Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829)
Trachinus araneus (Cuvier, 1829)
Trachinus draco (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachinus radiatus (Cuvier, 1829)

CENTRARCHIFORMES
KYPHOSIDAE
Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
TERAPONTIDAE
Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775)
Terapon puta (Cuvier, 1829)

ACROPOMATIFORMES
CHAMPSODONTIDAE
Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895)
EPIGONIDAE
Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880)
Epigonus denticulatus (Dieuzeide, 1950)
PEMPHERIDAE
Pempheris rhomboidea (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
POLYPRIONIDAE
Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

CARANGIFORMES
CARANGIDAE
Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Caranx rhonchus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1839)
Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)
Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793)
Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868)
Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
CORYPHAENIDAE
Coryphaena hippurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
ECHENEIDAE
Echeneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758)
Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
ISTIOPHORIDAE
Tetrapturus belone (Rafinesque, 1810)
RACHYCENTRIDAE
Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
XIPHIIDAE
Xiphias gladius (Linnaeus, 1758)

PERCIFORMES/URANOSCOPOIDEI
URANOSCOPIDAE
Uranoscopus scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)

CALLIONYMIFORMES
CALLIONYMIDAE
Callionymus filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Callionymus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Callionymus pusillus (Delaroche, 1809)
Callionymus risso (Lesueur, 1814)
Synchiropus phaeton (Günther, 1861)

MUGILIFORMES
MUGILIDAE
Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810)
Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)
Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827)
Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810)
Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oedalechilus labeo (Cuvier, 1829)
Planiliza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836)

BLENNIIFORMES
BLENNIIDAE
Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836)
Blennius ocellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hipleurochilus bananensis (Poll, 1959)
Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836)
Lipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836)
Microlipophrys canevae (Vinciguerra, 1880)
Microlipophrys nigriceps (Vinciguerra, 1883)
Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parablennius incognitus (Bath, 1968)
Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833)
Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814)
Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich, 1768)
Parablennius zvonimiri (Kolombatovic, 1892)
Petroscirtes ancylodon (Rüppell, 1835)
Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810)
Scartella cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
CLINIDAE
Clinitrachus argentatus (Risso, 1810)
TRIPTERYGIIDAE
Tripterygion delaisi (Cadenat & Blache, 1970)
Tripterygion melanurus (Guichenot, 1950)
Tripterygion tripteronotum (Risso, 1810)

OVALENTARIA/MISC
POMACENTRIDAE
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)
SCOMBRIFORMES
BRAMIDAE
Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788)
CENTROLOPHIDAE
Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833)
GEMPYLIDAE
Ruvettus pretiosus (Cocco, 1833)
POMATOMIDAE
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
SCOMBRIDAE
Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810)
Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816)
Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)
Scomber colias (Gmelin, 1789)
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800)
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
STROMATEIDAE
Stromateus fiatola (Linnaeus, 1758)
TRICHIURIDAE
Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)
Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758)

MULLIFORMES
MULLIDAE
Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mullus surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)
Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855)
Upeneus pori (Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989)

CARANGARIA/MISC
SPHYRAENIDAE
Sphyraena chrysotaenia (Klunzinger, 1884)
Sphyraena flavicauda (Rüppell, 1838)
Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyraena viridensis (Cuvier, 1829)

GOBIIFORMES
GOBIIDAE
Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810)
Chromogobius quadrivittatus (Steindachner, 1863)
Chromogobius zebratus (Kolombatovic, 1891)
Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman, 1927)
Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Cryptocentrus steinhardti (Goren & Stern, 2021)
Deltentosteus collonianus (Risso, 1820)
Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Didogobius bentuvii (Miller, 1966)
Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934)
Gobius auratus (Kolombatovic, 1891)
Gobius bucchichi (Steindachner, 1870)
Gobius cobitis (Pallas, 1814)
Gobius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1789)
Gobius fallax (Sarato, 1889)
Gobius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gobius paganellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gobius vittatus (Vinciguerra, 1883)
Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874)
Lesueurigobius suerii (Risso, 1810)
Millerigobius macrocephalus (Kolombatovic, 1891)
Odondebuenia balearica (Pellegrin & Fage, 1907)
Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871)
Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Risso, 1810)
Pseudaphya ferreri (de Buen & Fage, 1908)
Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933)
Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839)
Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill, 1859)
Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Vanderhorstia martensi (Klausewitz, 1974)
Zebrus zebrus (Risso, 1827)

PERCIFORMES/SERRANOIDEI
ANTHIADIDAE
Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758)
EPINEPHELIDAE
Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843)
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)
Epinephelus geoffroyi (Klunzinger, 1870)
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
Hyporthodus haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
Mycteroperca fusca (Lowe, 1838)
Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793)
SERRANIDAE
Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758)

PLEURONECTIFORMES
BOTHIDAE
Arnoglossus grohmanni (Bonaparte, 1837)
Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus (Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017)
Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco, 1844)
Arnoglossus thori (Kyle, 1913)
Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
CITHARIDAE
Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
CYNOGLOSSIDAE
Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931)
Symphurus ligulatus (Cocco, 1844)
Symphurus nigrescens (Rafinesque, 1810)
PARALICHTHYIDAE
Paralichthys lethostigma (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
SCOPHTHALMIDAE
Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810)
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
SOLEIDAE
Buglossidium luteum (Risso, 1810)
Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Monochirus hispidus (Rafinesque, 1814)
Pegusa impar (Bennett, 1831)
Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810)
Solea senegalensis (Kaup, 1858)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827)

EUPERCARIA/MISC
CALLANTHIDAE
Callanthias ruber (Rafinesque, 1810)
CEPOLIDAE
Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1764)
HAEMULIDAE
Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825)
Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775)
LABRIDAE
Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pteragogus trispilus (Randall, 2013)
Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Symphodus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Symphodus roissali (Risso, 1810)
Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791)
Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758)
LUTJANIDAE
Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
MORONIDAE
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
NEMIPTERIDAE
Nemipterus randalli (Russell, 1986)
PRIACANTHIDAE
Priacanthus sagittarius (Starnes, 1988)
SCARIDAE
Scarus ghobban (Forsskål, 1775)
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
SCIAENIDAE
Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801)
Sciaena umbra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Umbrina cirrosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
SILLAGINIDAE
Sillago suezensis (Fricke, Golani & Tikochinski, 2013)
SPARIDAE
Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775)
Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)
Dentex maroccanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)
Diplodus levantinus (Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2016)
Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792)
Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827)
Pagellus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768)
Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagrus auriga (Valenciennes, 1843)
Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhabdosargus haffara (Forsskål, 1775)
Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spicara flexuosum (Rafinesque, 1810)
Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spicara smalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758)

TETRAODONTIFORMES
BALISTIDAE
Balistes capriscus (Gmelin, 1789)
DIODONTIDAE
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982)
MOLIDAE
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
 MONACANTHIDAE
Stephanolepis diaspros (Fraser-Brunner, 1940)
OSTRACIIDAE
Ostracion cubicum (Linnaeus, 1758
Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
TETRAODONTIDAE
Lagocephalus guentheri (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Lagocephalus suezensis (Clark & Gohar, 1953)
Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Torquigener flavimaculosus (Hardy & Randall, 1983)
Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)