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.