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THE WATER COLUMN |
benthic
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| Chromis
chromis |
Castañuela |
Damselfish |
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| Small brown/ black
fish with very distinctive forked tail. Swims in shoals and can be
seen when snorkelling or diving. |
| Thalossoma
pavo |
Fredi |
Ornate wrasse |
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of the most spectacularly coloured fish to be found around Mallorca.
Both the male and female have distinctive blue marking on the head.
The female has a black saddle and is smaller. |
| Coris julis |
Doncella |
Rainbow wrasse |
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great coloured fish, the male has an orange stripe along his luminous
green body with a distinctive black smudge halfway down. His belly
id white.The female is smaller and duller with white horizontal stripes
on a brown body. |
| Symphodus
tinca |
Peto |
Peacock wrasse |
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| A larger wrasse
which an reach 35 cm in length. Mainly found near rocks mainly in
eel-grass beds. |
| Diplodus
vulgaris |
Mojarra |
Common base |
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| Diplodus
sargus |
Sargo |
White seabream |
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| Diplodus puntazzo |
Sargo picudo |
Sharpsnout seabream
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| Diplodus annularis |
Raspallón |
Annular seabream
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| Diplodus cervinus |
Sargo real |
Zebra seabream |
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| Oblada melanura |
Oblada |
Saddled seabream
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| Sarpa salpa |
Salpa |
Salema |
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| Spicara maena |
Chucla |
Blotched picarel
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| Apogon
imberbis |
Pez cardinal |
Cardinalfish |
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| Mullus
surmuletus |
Salmonete |
Red mullet |
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| Serranus
cabrilla |
Cabrilla |
Comber |
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| Anthias
anthias |
Tres colas |
Swallowtail seaperch
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| Sardina pilchardus |
Sardina |
Atlantic Pilchard |
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| Sardinella
aurita |
Alacha |
Round sardinella |
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| IN DEEPER WATER |
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| Sarda sarda |
Bonito |
Atlantic bonito |
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| Scomber scombrus |
Caballa |
Mackeral |
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| Sphyraena sphyraena |
Espetón |
Atlantic barracuda |
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| Thunnus thynnus |
Atún |
Tuna |
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| RARER FISH |
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| Xidius gladius |
Pez espada |
Swordfish |
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| Mola mola |
Pez Luna |
Ocean Sunfish |
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| Zeus faber |
Pez San Pedro |
John Dory |
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