Alboran sea

Water type: Sea
Connection to the ocean: Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean
Climate: Subtropical
Countries: Algeria, Gibraltar, Morocco, Spain

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Perciformes - Perches

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Carangiformes - Jacks

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Labriformes - Wrasses

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Istiophoriformes - Barracudas

Gadiformes - Cods

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Zeiformes - Dories

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes

Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Argentiniformes - Marine smelts

Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes

Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

The Alboran Sea is the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between the Iberian Peninsula and the north of Africa (Spain on the north and Morocco and Algeria on the south). The Strait of Gibraltar, which lies at the west end of the Alboran Sea, connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean.

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