The bogue (Lat. Boops boops). Its common name in most languages refers to its large (“bug”) eyes. They prefer rocky bottoms and is a coastal fish that can live in variable environments.  it can generally be found at a depth of 100 m (330 ft). It is widespread in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Individuals can reach 36 cm (14 in), but…

Red comb star (Lat. Astropecten aranciacus). It lives on sandy, muddy or gravel bottoms at depths of 2–100 metres (7–300 ft). It has superomarginal plates equipped with 1 to 3 small spines and inferomarginal plates with long, pointed, strong, regularly arranged spines. The inferomarginal spines have reddish-orange colour at the base and yellowish or white colour towards the tip. It buries itself in…

Mediterranean red sea star (Lat. Echinaster sepositus). It is found at depths of 1 to 250 m (3–820 ft) in a wide range of habitats, including rocky, sandy and muddy bottoms, and sea grass meadows. It has five relatively slender arms around a small central disc. It usually has a diameter of up to 20 cm (8 in), but can exceptionally reach up to 30 cm (12 in). It…

Purple starfish (Lat. Ophidiaster ophidianus). It is found on rocks from 5 to 25 m deep. It can reach 40 cm of a diameter, but usually is around 20 cm.  The central disc is small. It has five long arms, round in cross-section and of the same size nearly on its whole length slightly tappering at their end. On the arms, short respiratory papillae arranged…

White sea bream (Lat. Diplodus sargus). Coastal species, lives in schools above rocky coast with caves and crevices. Haunts to 50 m deep and grows till 45 cm (2,5 kg), common 20-25 cm. Juveniles leave in brackish waters. Its colours is metallic silver and gray. All vertical stripes it has fade and almost disappear in the adults, ready to appear…

Saddled bream (Lat. Oblada melanura). The name of the species comes from the Greek “melas” = black and “ura” = tail, that is, “black tail”. The colouration is silvery, with slightly bluish back in order to merge with the colour of the sea and not to attract the attention of the birds of prey when it swims in surface looking…

Annular sea bream (Lat. Diplodus annularis). A coastal species that lives above the sandy and muddy bottom in shoals, less often rocky, and in seagrass meadows. It sets to a depth of 90 m and grows up to 24 cm (0.37 kg), usually 8-15 cm. The colour, bright silvery with a slight tendency to the yellow, gets more intense in…

Common two-banded sea bream (Lat. Diplodus vulgaris). Coastal species, leaves above different substrates but adults are common above rocky bottom. Haunts to 20 m deep and grows till 45 cm (1,3 kg), common 12-20 cm. It has two great vertical black bands: the first goes from the head to the beginning of the dorsal fin, and the second precedes the…

Giant tun (Lat. Tonna galea). Giant tun can grow to 30 cm and that makes him one of the biggest snails in the Adriatic Sea. Lives alone or in rare groups on soft and sandy or muddy bottom at a depth of 10-150 m. It feeds on echinoderms and other molluscs. The giant tun is also a luminescent species; this is an extremely rare…