Croatian Fish Names in English

On a Croatian menu, zubatac is dentex, komarča is gilthead seabream and brancin is European seabass. This list gives the Croatian name of every species in our encyclopedia, with the English and scientific name next to it.

Along the Adriatic, names change between Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia, and many of them come from Venetian and Italian. We list the name used in Croatia’s official list of commercial fish names wherever one exists.

Photo	Croatian	English	Scientific name
A
	Albakor	Albacore	Thunnus alalunga
	Arbun	Pandora	Pagellus erythrinus
	Atlantska gira	Curled Picarel	Centracanthus cirrus
	Atlantska pastirica	Plain Bonito	Orcynopsis unicolor
B
	Batoglavac	Axillary Seabream	Pagellus acarne
	Bežmek	Atlantic Stargazer	Uranoscopus scaber
	Bodljikava mramornica	Rabbitfish	Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus
	Brancin also Lubin	Seabass	Dicentrarchus labrax
	Bukva	Bogue	Boops boops
C
	Češljasta kirnja	Mottled Grouper	Mycteroperca rubra
	Cipal glavaš	Flathead Grey Mullet	Mugil cephalus / Chelon labrosus / Chelon ramada
	Crnej	Mediterranean Damselfish	Chromis chromis
	Crnorep	Saddled Seabream	Oblada melanura
D
	Drhtulja	Electric Ray	Torpedo marmorata / Torpedo torpedo
F
	Fanfan	Pilot Fish	Naucrates ductor
	Fratar	Two banded Seabream	Diplodus vulgaris
G
	Gavun	Sand Smelt	Atherina hepsetus, Atherina boyeri, and Atherinomorus lacunosus
	Gira oblica	Picarel	Spicara smaris
	Gof	Greater Amberjack	Seriola dumerili
	Golub Kosir	Eagle Ray	Myliobatis aquila
	Golub uhan	Giant Devil Ray	Mobula mobular
	Grboglavka	Atlantic Pomfret	Brama brama
	Grdobina	Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius / Lophius budegassa
	Gušter	Atlantic Lizardfish	Synodus saurus
H
	Hobotnica	Octopus	Octopus vulgaris
	Hujica golica	Mediterranean Sand Eel	Gymnammodytes cicerelus / Ammodytes tobianus
I
	Iglan	Mediterranean Spearfish	Tetrapturus belone
	Iglica	Garfish	Belone belone
	Iglun also Sabljarka	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius
	Inćun	Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus
J
	Jaram	Smooth Hammerhead	Sphyrna zygaena
	Jedrilac	Greater Argonaut	Argonauta argo
	Jegulja	Eel	Anguilla anguilla
K
	Kanjac	Comber	Serranus cabrilla
	Kantar	Black Seabream	Spondyliosoma cantharus
	Kavala	Brown Meagre	Sciaena umbra
	Kirnja	Dusky Grouper	Epinephelus marginatus
	Kirnja bjelica	White Grouper	Epinephelus aeneus
	Kirnja glavulja	Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus
	Kirnja zlatica	Goldblotch Grouper	Epinephelus costae
	Kirnjica	Swallowtail Seaperch	Anthias anthias
	Knez	Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse	Coris julis
	Kokot letač	Flying Gurnard	Dactylopterus volitans
	Korbel also Grb	Shi Drum	Umbrina cirrosa
	Kostelj	Spiny Dogfish	Squalus acanthias / Squalus blainvillei
	Kostorog	Grey Triggerfish	Balistes capriscus
	Kovač	John Dory	Zeus faber
L
	Lampuga	Coryphaene	Coryphaena hippurus
	Lastavica balavica	Gurnard	Chelidonichthys lucerna / Trigloporus lastoviza
	Lica	Leerfish	Lichia amia
	Lignja	Squid	Loligo vulgaris
	List	Sole	Solea solea
	Ljuskotrn	Oilfish	Ruvettus pretiosus
	Luc	Little Tunny	Euthynnus alletteratus
M
	Mačinac crveni	Red Bandfish	Cepola macrophthalma
	Mačka bljedica	Small spotted Catshark	Scyliorhinus canicula
	Mačka mrkulja	Nursehound	Scyliorhinus stellaris
	Matuličić	Cardinalfish	Apogon imberbis
	Mišić	Dragonet	Callionymus lyra / Callionymus maculatus
	Modrak	Blotched Picarel	Spicara maena
	Morski konjic	Seahorse	Hippocampus guttulatus / Hippocampus hippocampus
	Mrina	Mediterranean Moray	Muraena helena
O
	Obrvan	Toothcarp	Aphanius fasciatus
	Okan	Blackspot Seabream	Pagellus bogaraveo
	Oslić	Hake	Merluccius merluccius
	Ovčica	Sand Steenbras	Lithognathus mormyrus
P
	Pagar	Red Seabream	Pagrus pagrus
	Papigača	Mediterranean Parrotfish	Sparisoma cretense
	Pas butor	Tope Shark	Galeorhinus galeus
	Pas glavonja	Bluntnose Sixgill Shark	Hexanchus griseus
	Pas lisica	Thresher Shark	Alopias vulpinus / Alopias superciliosus / Alopias pelagicus
	Pas mekuš	Smooth hound	Mustelus mustelus
	Pas prasac	Angular Roughshark	Oxynotus centrina
	Pauk bijelac	Greater Weever	Trachinus draco
	Pic	Sharpsnout Seabream	Diplodus puntazzo
	Pirka	Painted Comber	Serranus scriba
	Plavica	Chub Mackerel	Scomber japonicus
	Plavi trkač	Blue Runner	Caranx crysos
	Plosnatica bljedica	Scaldback	Arnoglossus laterna
	Podlanica also Komarča	Gilthead Seabream	Sparus aurata
	Polanda also Palamida	Atlantic Bonito	Sarda sarda
R
	Raža kamenica	Thornback Ray	Raja clavata
	Ražopas	Guitarfish	Rhinobatos rhinobatos / Glaucostegus cemiculus
	Romb	Brill	Scophthalmus rhombus
S
	Salpa	Salema Porgy	Sarpa salpa
	Šarag	White Seabream	Diplodus sargus
	Šarko crveni	Pearly Razorfish	Xyrichtys novacula
	Sipa	Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis
	Škaram	Barracuda	Sphyraena sphyraena / Sphyraena viridensis
	Škrpina also Škrpun	Scorpionfish	Scorpaena scrofa / Scorpaena porcus
	Skuša	Atlantic Mackerel	Scomber scombrus
	Šljuka	Longspine Snipefish	Macroramphosus scolopax
	Šnjur also Šarun	Horse Mackerel	Trachurus trachurus / Trachurus mediterraneus
	Špar	Annular Seabream	Diplodus annularis
	Srdela	Pilchard	Sardina pilchardus
	Srdela golema	Round Sardinella	Sardinella aurita
	Strijelka	Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
T
	Tabinja mrkulja	Forkbeard	Phycis phycis
	Totanj	Broadtail Shortfin Squid	Illex coindetii / Todarodes sagittatus
	Trlja blatarica	Red Mullet	Mullus barbatus
	Trlja kamenjarka	Striped Red Mullet	Mullus surmuletus
	Trup	Bullet Tuna	Auxis rochei
	Tuna also Tunj	Atlantic Bluefin Tuna	Thunnus thynnus
	Tunj prugavac	Skipjack Tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis
U
	Ugor	Conger	Conger conger
	Ugotica pučinka	Blue Whiting	Micromesistius poutassou
V
	Veliki bodečnjak	Blackbelly Rosefish	Helicolenus dactylopterus
	Veliki romb	Turbot	Scophthalmus maximus
	Vrana also Drozd	Wrasse	Symphodus tinca / Labrus viridis / Labrus merula
	Vučić	Brown Comber	Serranus hepatus
Z
	Zelenočica	Shortnose Greeneye	Chlorophthalmus agassizi
	Zubatac	Dentex	Dentex dentex
	Zubatac krunaš	Pink Dentex	Dentex gibbosus
	Žutulja	Stingray	Dasyatis pastinaca / Bathytoshia centroura

No fish found with that name.

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