Species guide
Hundreds of species: the ones anglers meet in Israel and the Middle East, and many more from around the world. For each one: habitat, behavior, best techniques and peak season.
In Israel and the Middle East
African PompanoAlectis ciliaris
African Sharptooth CatfishClarias gariepinus
Annular SeabreamDiplodus annularis
Atlantic BonitoSarda sarda
Atlantic Horse MackerelTrachurus trachurus
BarbelBarbus canis
Bigeye TrevallyCaranx sexfasciatus
Blue RunnerCaranx crysos
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
BluefishPomatomus saltatrix
Bluespotted CornetfishFistularia commersonii
Bluespotted SeabreamPagrus caeruleostictus
Bluestripe SnapperLutjanus kasmira
BogueBoops boops
Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucas
Common CarpCyprinus carpio
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Common DentexDentex dentex
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Common PandoraPagellus erythrinus
Common StingrayDasyatis pastinaca
Common Thresher SharkAlopias vulpinus
Conger EelConger conger
Damascus BreamAcanthobrama lissneri
Dogtooth TunaGymnosarda unicolor
Dusky GrouperEpinephelus marginatus
Dusky SpinefootSiganus luridus
European EelAnguilla anguilla
European Sea BassDicentrarchus labrax
European SquidLoligo vulgaris
GarfishBelone belone
Gilt-head Sea BreamSparus aurata
Goldband GoatfishUpeneus moluccensis
Goldblotch GrouperEpinephelus costae
Golden Grey MulletChelon auratus
Great BarracudaSphyraena barracuda
Greater AmberjackSeriola dumerili
Grey MulletMugil cephalus
Hammerhead SharkSphyrna spp.
HoundfishTylosurus crocodilus
John DoryZeus faber
Kinneret BleakMirogrex terraesanctae
Largemouth BassMicropterus salmoides
LeerfishLichia amia
Lessepsian LizardfishSaurida lessepsianus
Little TunnyEuthynnus alletteratus
Mahi-Mahi (Dorado)Coryphaena hippurus
Mango TilapiaSarotherodon galilaeus
Marbled SpinefootSiganus rivulatus
Mediterranean MorayMuraena helena
Mottled GrouperMycteroperca rubra
Narrow-barred Spanish MackerelScomberomorus commerson
Painted ComberSerranus scriba
PicarelSpicara smaris
Rainbow RunnerElagatis bipinnulata
Red MulletMullus barbatus
Red ScorpionfishScorpaena scrofa
SalemaSarpa salpa
Sand SmeltAtherina hepsetus
Shortfin MakoIsurus oxyrinchus
Silver SillagoSillago sihama
Skipjack TunaKatsuwonus pelamis
Sohal SurgeonfishAcanthurus sohal
Spangled EmperorLethrinus nebulosus
Striped Eel CatfishPlotosus lineatus
Striped Red MulletMullus surmuletus
Striped SeabreamLithognathus mormyrus
Thinlip Grey MulletChelon ramada
TriggerfishBalistes spp.
Two-banded SeabreamDiplodus vulgaris
Two-spot red snapperLutjanus bohar
WahooAcanthocybium solandri
White GrouperEpinephelus aeneus
White SeabreamDiplodus sargus
Yellowfin TunaThunnus albacares
Around the world
African PikeHepsetus odoe
Albacore TunaThunnus alalunga
Alligator GarAtractosteus spatula
American ShadAlosa sapidissima
ArapaimaArapaima gigas
Arctic CharSalvelinus alpinus
AspLeuciscus aspius
Atlantic Bluefin TunaThunnus thynnus
Atlantic CodGadus morhua
Atlantic MackerelScomber scombrus
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Australian BassMacquaria novemaculeata
Australian SalmonArripis trutta
AyuPlecoglossus altivelis
BarramundiLates calcarifer
Barred SorubimPseudoplatystoma fasciatum
Bigfin Reef SquidSepioteuthis lessoniana
Bigmouth BuffaloIctiobus cyprinellus
Black CrappiePomoxis nigromaculatus
Black DrumPogonias cromis
Black Sea BassCentropristis striata
Black Sea BreamAcanthopagrus schlegelii
BleakAlburnus alburnus
Blue CatfishIctalurus furcatus
Blue TuskfishChoerodon cyanodus
BluegillLepomis macrochirus
BonefishAlbula vulpes
BowfinAmia calva
Brook TroutSalvelinus fontinalis
Brown TroutSalmo trutta
Brushtooth LizardfishSaurida undosquamis
Bull TroutSalvelinus confluentus
BurbotLota lota
Butterfly Peacock BassCichla ocellaris
CatlaCatla catla
Channel CatfishIctalurus punctatus
CobiaRachycentron canadum
Coho SalmonOncorhynchus kisutch
Common BreamAbramis brama
Common DaceLeuciscus leuciscus
Common NaseChondrostoma nasus
Common SnookCentropomus undecimalis
Common SoleSolea solea
Coral TroutPlectropomus leopardus
Crevalle JackCaranx hippos
Crucian CarpCarassius carassius
Cubera SnapperLutjanus cyanopterus
Cutthroat TroutOncorhynchus clarkii
Dolly VardenSalvelinus malma
Dusky FlatheadPlatycephalus fuscus
Estuary PerchMacquaria colonorum
European ChubSqualius cephalus
European HakeMerluccius merluccius
European PerchPerca fluviatilis
European PlaicePleuronectes platessa
European WhitefishCoregonus lavaretus
FlatheadPlatycephalus spp.
Flathead CatfishPylodictis olivaris
Florida PompanoTrachinotus carolinus
FlounderParalichthys spp.
Freshwater DrumAplodinotus grunniens
Giant SnakeheadChanna micropeltes
Giant TrevallyCaranx ignobilis
Golden DoradoSalminus brasiliensis
Golden MahseerTor putitora
Goliath TigerfishHydrocynus goliath
GraylingThymallus thymallus
HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus
HalibutHippoglossus spp.
HilsaTenualosa ilisha
HogfishLachnolaimus maximus
Indian MackerelRastrelliger kanagurta
Japanese Flying SquidTodarodes pacificus
Japanese SeabassLateolabrax japonicus
Japanese YellowtailSeriola quinqueradiata
King MackerelScomberomorus cavalla
Lake TroutSalvelinus namaycush
Lake WhitefishCoregonus clupeaformis
Largemouth YellowfishLabeobarbus kimberleyensis
LingcodOphiodon elongatus
Mangrove JackLutjanus argentimaculatus
Mangrove SnapperLutjanus griseus
MarlinMakaira spp.
MatrinchãBrycon amazonicus
Mozambique TilapiaOreochromis mossambicus
MullowayArgyrosomus japonicus
Murray CodMaccullochella peelii
MuskellungeEsox masquinongy
Mutton SnapperLutjanus analis
Nile PerchLates niloticus
Northern PikeEsox lucius
Pacific HalibutHippoglossus stenolepis
Pacific RockfishSebastes spp.
PacuPiaractus mesopotamicus
PaddlefishPolyodon spathula
PayaraHydrolycus scomberoides
Peacock BassCichla temensis
PermitTrachinotus falcatus
Pikey BreamAcanthopagrus berda
Pink SnapperChrysophrys auratus
PollockPollachius pollachius
Rainbow TroutOncorhynchus mykiss
Red Sea BreamPagrus major
Red SnapperLutjanus campechanus
Red-bellied PiranhaPygocentrus nattereri
Redfish (Red Drum)Sciaenops ocellatus
RoachRutilus rutilus
RohuLabeo rohita
RoosterfishNematistius pectoralis
RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus
RuffeGymnocephalus cernua
SailfishIstiophorus platypterus
SaithePollachius virens
Salmon (King / Chinook)Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Sand WhitingSillago ciliata
SaugerSander canadensis
Sea TroutSalmo trutta trutta
SheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalus
Silver PomfretPampus argenteus
Smallmouth BassMicropterus dolomieu
Smallmouth YellowfishLabeobarbus aeneus
SnakeheadChanna striata
Sockeye SalmonOncorhynchus nerka
Spotted BassMicropterus punctulatus
Spotted GrunterPomadasys commersonnii
Spotted SeatroutCynoscion nebulosus
Spotted SurubimPseudoplatystoma corruscans
Striped BassMorone saxatilis
SturgeonAcipenser spp.
SwordfishXiphias gladius
TambaquiColossoma macropomum
TarponMegalops atlanticus
TarwhineRhabdosargus sarba
TautogTautoga onitis
TenchTinca tinca
Threadfin SalmonPolydactylus sheridani
TigerfishHydrocynus vittatus
TilefishLopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
TrahiraHoplias malabaricus
TripletailLobotes surinamensis
TurbotScophthalmus maximus
VendaceCoregonus albula
VimbaVimba vimba
Vundu CatfishHeterobranchus longifilis
WalleyeSander vitreus
Wels CatfishSilurus glanis
White BassMorone chrysops
White CrappiePomoxis annularis
WhitingMerlangius merlangus
WrasseLabrus spp.
Yellow PerchPerca flavescens
Yellowfin BreamAcanthopagrus australis
Yellowtail AmberjackSeriola lalandi
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurus
ZanderSander lucioperca
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