Saltwater Fish of Crete and Greece

Greek name: Atherina
Size: 5 – 10 cm (transparent body)
(Atherina hepsetus)
Sand-Smelt or Silverside
Photo by Stefano Guerrieri

Greek name: Gopa
Size: 10-30 cm
(Boops boops)
Bogue
Photo by Hernández-González, C.

Greek name: kefalos
Size: 15 – 70 cm
(Mugil cephalus)
Flathead mullet and Grey Mullet
Photo by Randall, John

Greek name: gilos
(Thalassoma pavo)
Ornate wrasse
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: gilos
(Coris julis)
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Photo by Can, Alp

Greek name: heilou
Symphodus ocellatus
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: perka
(Serranus scriba)
Painted comber
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: hanos
(Serranus cabrilla)
Comber
Photo by Hernández-González, C.

Greek name: kokovios
(Gobius niger)
Black goby
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: saliara
Parablennius tentacularis
Tentacled blenny
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: drakaina
Size: poisonous spines
(Trachinus draco)
Greater weever
Photo by Hernández-González, C.

Greek name: skorpidi
Size: poisonous spines
(Scorpaena notata)
Small red scorpionfish
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: kalogria
(Chromis chromis)
Damselfish
Photo by G. Tavladorakis

Greek name: melanouri
(Oblada melanura)
Saddled seabream
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: sargos
(Diplodus sargus sargus)
White seabream
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: sparos
Diplodus annularis
Annular seabream
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: salpa
(Sarpa salpa)
Salema
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: mourmouri
(Lithognathus mormyrus)
Striped seabream
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: fangri
(Pagrus pagrus)
Common seabream
Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.

Greek name: lavraki
Dicentrarchus labrax
European seabass
Photo by Dammous, Shibl

Greek name: skaros
(Sparisoma cretense)
Parrotfish
Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.

Greek name: tsipoura
(Sparus auratus)
Gilthead seabream

Greek name: Papagalos
(Xyrichtys novacula)
Pearly Razorfish
Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.

Greek name: glossa
(Solea solea)
Common sole
Photo by Dammous, Shibl

Greek name: zargana
(Belone belone belone)
Garpike, Needlefish
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: smerna
Size: 30 cm – 2.5 m (Potentially Dangerous)
(Muraena helena)
Mediterranean moray
Photo by G. Tavladorakis

Greek name: htapodi
(Octopus Vulgaris)
Octopus
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Greek name: sardela
(Sardina pilchardus)
European pilchard, Sardine
Photo by Meyer, Trevor

Greek name: lithrini
(Pagellus erythrinus)
Common pandora
Photo by Dammous, Shibl

Greek name: Lagokefalos
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Silver-cheeked toadfish
Photo by Patzner, R.

Greek name: Liontaropsaro or Leontopsaro
Pterois miles
Lionfish
Photo by Alexander Vasenin