🐟 127 Mediterranean species

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Symphodus tinca / Labrus viridis / Labrus merula

Flying Fish

Cheilopogon heterurus / Parexocoetus mento

Lithognathus mormyrus

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Fish of the Mediterranean was born out of a love for the sea and for fishing. It is a free, bilingual guide to the fish of the Mediterranean, made for fishermen, divers and everyone who simply wants to get to know the deep. Every species page gathers its habitat, diet, reproduction, fisheries value, safety notes and the local names used all around the Mediterranean.

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