Azores (Portugal)

Waters
Saltwater fishes
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Oceans

Atlantic Ocean

Perciformes - Perches

Rubberlip grunt (Plectorhinchus mediterraneus)

Damselfish (Chromis chromis)

Goldblotch grouper (Epinephelus costae)

Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)

Canary damsel (Similiparma lurida)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Bastard grunt (Pomadasys incisus)

Comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Painted comber (Serranus scriba)

Brown comber (Serranus hepatus)

Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)

Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

Swallowtail sea perch (Anthias anthias)

White grouper (Epinephelus aeneus)

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Bermuda sea chub (Kyphosus sectatrix)

Brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

Gadiformes - Cods

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Silvery pout (Gadiculus argenteus)

Pouting (Trisopterus luscus)

Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma)

Shore rockling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus)

Forkbeard (Phycis phycis)

Greater forkbeard (Phycis blennoides)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Moroccan white seabream (Diplodus cadenati)

Zebra sea bream (Diplodus cervinus)

Blotched picarel (Spicara maena)

Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne)

Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Common two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Sargo (Diplodus sargus)

Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)

Common dentex (Dentex dentex)

Salema (Sarpa salpa)

Sand steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)

Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)

Pink dentex (Dentex gibbosus)

Redbanded seabream (Pagrus auriga)

Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Bogue (Boops boops)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

Guinean amberjack (Seriola carpenteri)

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Crevalle jack (Caranx hippos)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

False scad (Caranx rhonchus)

Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus)

Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata)

Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)

Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Atlantic white marlin (Kajikia albida)

Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)

Longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana)

Leerfish (Lichia amia)

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)

Garfish (Belone belone)

Agujon Needlefish (Tylosurus acus)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)

Silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Brown wrasse (Labrus merula)

Green wrasse (Labrus viridis)

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)

Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)

Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)

Goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)

Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo)

Ocellated wrasse (Symphodus ocellatus)

Axillary wrasse (Symphodus mediterraneus)

East Atlantic peacock wrasse (Symphodus tinca)

Pearly razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula)

Five-spotted wrasse (Symphodus roissali)

Grey wrasse (Symphodus cinereus)

Baillon’s wrasse (Symphodus bailloni)

Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense)

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Purplemouth moray (Gymnothorax vicinus)

Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)

European conger (Conger conger)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Devil firefish (Pterois miles)

Small red scorpionfish (Scorpaena notata)

Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis)

Black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)

Streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)

Tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

Red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)

Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)

Grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius)

Canary drum (Umbrina canariensis)

Shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa)

Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Guinean puffer (Sphoeroides marmoratus)

Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)

Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)

Istiophoriformes - Barracudas

Yellowmouth Barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis)

European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Red mullet (Mullus barbatus)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo)

Leaping mullet (Chelon saliens)

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)

Lesser weever (Echiichthys vipera)

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Sphinx blenny (Aidablennius sphynx)

Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris)

Longstriped blenny (Parablennius rouxi)

Peacock blenny (Salaria pavo)

Molly miller (Scartella cristata)

Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis)

Montagu’s blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)

Gurnard blenny (Lipophrys trigloides)

Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)

Wide-eyed flounder (Bothus podas)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Transparent goby (Aphia minuta)

Two-spotted goby (Pomatoschistus flavescens)

Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)

Fries's goby (Lesueurigobius friesii)

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Blackmouth ocean bass (Synagrops bellus)

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

North Atlantic opah (Lampris guttatus)

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

European anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius)

Blackbellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa)

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)

Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)

Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes

Mediterranean cardinalfish (Apogon imberbis)

Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards

Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Sand smelt (Atherina presbyter)

Argentiniformes - Marine smelts

Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)

Reticulated dragonet (Callionymus reticulatus)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias)

Lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)

Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus)

Milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)

Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)

Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)

Marbled stingray (Dasyatis marmorata)

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Round fantail stingray (Taeniurops grabatus)

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Common skate (Dipturus batis)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes

Spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)

Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes

Tube-eye (Stylephorus chordatus)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.

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