Libyan Fish Names in English
48 Mediterranean fish with their Libyan, English and scientific names.
In Libya, hallouf is the grey triggerfish and bougah is the bogue. This list gives the Libyan Arabic name, written in Latin letters, for every species in our encyclopedia with a recorded Libyan name.
Fewer Libyan names are on record than for most Mediterranean countries, so this list is shorter than the others. We only include names we could find in published sources and leave the rest out rather than guess.
| Photo | Libyan | English | Scientific name |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
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Abucef | Swordfish | Xiphias gladius |
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Abukheder | Wrasse | Symphodus tinca / Labrus viridis / Labrus merula |
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Abushoka | Spiny Dogfish | Squalus acanthias / Squalus blainvillei |
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Aurata | Gilthead Seabream | Sparus aurata |
| B | |||
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Baghlah | Shi Drum | Umbrina cirrosa |
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Bagro | Red Seabream | Pagrus pagrus |
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Balamet yamani | Narrow Barred Spanish Mackerel | Scomberomorus commerson |
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Balamit | Atlantic Bonito | Sarda sarda |
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Barema | Greater Amberjack | Seriola dumerili |
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Batata | Rabbitfish | Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus |
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Bougah | Bogue | Boops boops |
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Bugrah bahar | Stingray | Dasyatis pastinaca / Bathytoshia centroura |
| C | |||
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Cawalli | Chub Mackerel | Scomber japonicus |
| D | |||
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Dendichi | Dentex | Dentex dentex |
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Dooth | Goldblotch Grouper | Epinephelus costae |
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Dooth yahudi | Mottled Grouper | Mycteroperca rubra |
| G | |||
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Gaeta | Bluespotted Cornetfish | Fistularia commersonii |
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Garagous | White Seabream | Diplodus sargus |
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Garagous mwashim | Two banded Seabream | Diplodus vulgaris |
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Garnet | Octopus | Octopus vulgaris |
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Garous | Seabass | Dicentrarchus labrax |
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Gasaetlla | Vanikoro Sweeper | Pempheris vanicolensis |
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Ghazla | Mediterranean Parrotfish | Sparisoma cretense |
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Girsh | Smooth hound | Mustelus mustelus |
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Grango | Conger | Conger conger |
| H | |||
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Hallouf | Grey Triggerfish | Balistes capriscus |
| J | |||
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Joghali | Pink Dentex | Dentex gibbosus |
| K | |||
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Kahla | Saddled Seabream | Oblada melanura |
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Kalb bahar | Nursehound | Scyliorhinus stellaris |
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Khanzirah beida | Dogtooth Grouper | Epinephelus caninus |
| L | |||
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Lalaja | Pilot Fish | Naucrates ductor |
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Lambuka | Coryphaene | Coryphaena hippurus |
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Loukouz | White Grouper | Epinephelus aeneus |
| M | |||
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Magres | Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix |
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Mankus | Sand Steenbras | Lithognathus mormyrus |
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Matseti | Bullet Tuna | Auxis rochei |
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Morjan | Pandora | Pagellus erythrinus |
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Mughzel asfar | Barracuda | Sphyraena sphyraena / Sphyraena viridensis |
| S | |||
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Sardine | Round Sardinella | Sardinella aurita |
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Sardin mabroum | Pilchard | Sardina pilchardus |
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Saurou | Horse Mackerel | Trachurus trachurus / Trachurus mediterraneus |
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Sawro imbriali | Blue Runner | Caranx crysos |
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Sbarus | Annular Seabream | Diplodus annularis |
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Serra | Leerfish | Lichia amia |
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Shelba | Salema Porgy | Sarpa salpa |
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Shoubia | Cuttlefish | Sepia officinalis |
| T | |||
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Tannut | Black Seabream | Spondyliosoma cantharus |
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Trelia hamra | Striped Red Mullet | Mullus surmuletus |
Where these names come from
Each name was checked against the official lists of commercial fish names that EU countries publish, the FishBase database and Wikidata. A species only appears here when a source records a name for it in this country.
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