Saltwater Fish and Sea Animals of Crete and Greece

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Saltwater Fish and Sea Animals of Crete and Greece

  Scientific and Common name Greek name
sardines fish

(Sardina pilchardus)
European pilchard, Sardine

Photo by Meyer, Trevor - email

sardela
picarel greece

(Spicara smaris)
Picarel

Photo by Patzner, R.

mar ida
red mullet

(Mullus surmuletus)

red mullet

Photo by G. Tavladorakis

mparmpouni
pandora fish

(Pagellus erythrinus)
Common pandora

Photo by Dammous, Shibl - email

lithr ini
dentex

(Dentex macrophthalmus)
Large-eye dentex

Photo by Østergaard, Thorke - email

mpalas
dentex greece

(Dentex dentex)
Common dentex

Photo by G. Tavladorakis

synagr ida
whiting

(Merluccius merluccius)
Whiting

Photo by Moreau, Jacques -email

mpakaliaros
grouper

(Epinephelus aeneus)
White grouper

Photo by Dammous, Shibl - email

sfyrida
grouper

(Epinephelus marginatus)
Dusky grouper

Photo by G. Tavladorakis

rof os
conger

(Conger conger)
European conger

Photo by Patzner, R.

moungri
mackerel

(Scomber japonicus)
Chub mackerel

Photo by Béarez, Philippe - email

kolios
amberjack

(Seriola dumerili)
Yellowtail amberjack

Photo by Randall, John E. - email

magiatiko
bonito

(Sarda sarda)
Atlantic bonito

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P. - email

palamida
swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Swordfish
xif ias
tuna greece (Thunnus thynnus)
Northern bluefin tuna
t onos
shark

(Mustelus mustelus)
Smooth-hound

Photo by Meyer, Trevor - email

galeos
sharks greece

(Squalus acanthias)
Piked dogfish

Photo by Dolgov, Andrey - email

skylopsaro
shark greece

(Prionace glauca)
Blue shark

Photo by Wirtz, Peter

karharias
flyingfish

(Exocoetus volitans)
Tropical two-wing flyingfish

Photo by Jessen, Claus Qvist - email

helidonopsaro
john dory

(Zeus faber)
John dory

Photo by Patzner, R.

hrist opsaro
sunfish

(Mola mola)
Ocean sunfish

Photo by Gotshall, Daniel W. - email

fengar opsaro

(Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
Streaked gurnard

Hernández-González, Carlos L - email

kaponi
triggerfish

(Balistes carolinensis)
Grey triggerfish

Photo by Patzner, R.

gourounopsaro
fish greece (Torpedo nobiliana)
Atlantic torpedo
moudiastra
sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)

Sea Urchin

Photo by Can, Alp - email

ahinos
sea star

SeaStar

Photo by G. Tavladorakis

aster ias
sea horse hippocampus Hippocampus Ippokampos
cuttle fish

(Sepia officinalis)

cuttle fish

soupia
squid

(Loligo duvauceli)

squid

kalamari
shrimp shrimp gar ida
caretta sea turtle

(Caretta-Caretta)

loggerhead sea turtle

helona
monk seal

(Monachus monachus)

Mediterranean monk seal

Photo by Wirtz, Peter

f okia

 

ExploreCrete would like to extend an enormous "Thank You" to all those who allowed us to reproduce their photographs for this guide:

Patzner, R., site2

Luquet, David - email

Hernández-González, C. - email

Randall, John - email

Can, Alp - email

G. Tavladorakis

Cambraia Duarte, P. -email

Meyer, Trevor - email

Dammous, Shibl - email

Østergaard, Thorke - email

Moreau, Jacques -email

Béarez, Philippe - email

Dolgov, Andrey - email

Jessen, Claus Qvist - email

Gotshall, Daniel W. - email

Wirtz, Peter

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