Marine life

Explore the diversity of the marine life found in Lebanon!
Many more species are waiting for a picture, and detailed information on each species is coming soon.

Atlantic horse mackerel - Trachurus trachurus

Damselfish - Chromis chromis

Common octopus - Octopus vulgaris

Atlantic tripletail - Lobotes surinamensis

Round fantail stingray - Taeniurops grabata

Brown moray eel - Gymnothorax unicolor

Giant doris - Felimare picta

Blue spiny starfish - Coscinasterias tenuispina

Mediterranean moray - Muraena helena

🟡 Common stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca

Mediterranean parrotfish - Sparisoma cretense

🟣 Bigfin reef squid - Sepioteuthis lessoniana

🔴 Spiny butterfly ray - Gymnura altavela

🔴 Blackchin guitarfish - Glaucostegus cemiculus

🟡 Green sea turtle - Chelonia mydas

Smooth starfish - Hacelia attenuata

🟣 Lionfish - Pterois miles

🟡 Grey triggerfish - Balistes capriscus

🟣 Bluespotted cornetfish - Fistularia commersonii

🟣 Nomad jellyfish - Rhopilema nomadica

🟣 Redcoat - Sargocentron rubrum

Moon jellyfish - Aurelia aurita

🟣 African blue swimming crab - Portunus segnis

🟣 Dusky spinefoot - Siganus luridus

🟣 Spotted jellyfish - Phylloriza punctata

🟣 Yellowspotted puffer- Torquigener flavimaculosus

🟣 Long spined sea urchin - Diadema setosum

🔴 Endangered 🟡 Threatened 🟣 Invasive/alien

Mauve stinger - Pelagica noctiluca

Slender goby - Gobius geniporus

Mottled grouper - Mycteroperca rubra

Small red scorpionfish - Scorpaena notata

🟡 Dusky grouper - Epinephelus marginatus

Cardinal fish - Apogon imberbis

Flying gurnard - Dactylopterus volitans

For more information on Lebanese marine species, see 1 and 2.