Spanish Fish Names in English

On a Spanish menu, dorada is gilthead seabream, lubina is European seabass and dentón is dentex. This list gives the Spanish name of every species in our encyclopedia, with the English and scientific name next to it.

Fish names in Spain change from region to region. Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Galicia and the Canary Islands each have names of their own. We use the national Spanish name, the one you will find in shops and on menus across the country.

Photo	Spanish	English	Scientific name
A
	Águila marina also Chucho	Eagle Ray	Myliobatis aquila
	Aguja	Garfish	Belone belone
	Alacha	Round Sardinella	Sardinella aurita
	Aligote	Axillary Seabream	Pagellus acarne
	Alitán	Nursehound	Scyliorhinus stellaris
	Anguila	Eel	Anguilla anguilla
	Anjova also Tallaham	Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
	Araña also Escorpión	Greater Weever	Trachinus draco
	Argonauta común	Greater Argonaut	Argonauta argo
	Atún blanco also Bonito del norte	Albacore	Thunnus alalunga
	Atún rojo	Atlantic Bluefin Tuna	Thunnus thynnus
B
	Bacaladilla	Blue Whiting	Micromesistius poutassou
	Bacoreta	Little Tunny	Euthynnus alletteratus
	Besugo	Blackspot Seabream	Pagellus bogaraveo
	Boga	Bogue	Boops boops
	Bonito	Atlantic Bonito	Sarda sarda
	Boquerón also Anchoa	Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus
	Breca	Pandora	Pagellus erythrinus
	Brótola de roca	Forkbeard	Phycis phycis
C
	Caballa	Atlantic Mackerel	Scomber scombrus
	Caballito de mar	Seahorse	Hippocampus guttulatus / Hippocampus hippocampus
	Cabracho	Scorpionfish	Scorpaena scrofa / Scorpaena porcus
	Cabrilla	Comber	Serranus cabrilla
	Calamar	Squid	Loligo vulgaris
	Cañabota gris	Bluntnose Sixgill Shark	Hexanchus griseus
	Candil rubio	Redcoat Squirrelfish	Sargocentron rubrum
	Caramel	Picarel	Spicara smaris
	Caramel imperial	Curled Picarel	Centracanthus cirrus
	Carite estriado Indo-Pacifico	Narrow Barred Spanish Mackerel	Scomberomorus commerson
	Castañuela	Mediterranean Damselfish	Chromis chromis
	Cazón	Tope Shark	Galeorhinus galeus
	Cerdo marino	Angular Roughshark	Oxynotus centrina
	Cherna	Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus
	Cherna de ley also Mero branco	White Grouper	Epinephelus aeneus
	Chopa	Black Seabream	Spondyliosoma cantharus
	Chucla	Blotched Picarel	Spicara maena
	Cojinúa	Blue Runner	Caranx crysos
	Congrio	Conger	Conger conger
	Corneta pintada	Bluespotted Cornetfish	Fistularia commersonii
	Cornuda also Pez martillo	Smooth Hammerhead	Sphyrna zygaena
	Corvallo	Brown Meagre	Sciaena umbra
D
	Dentón	Dentex	Dentex dentex
	Dorada	Gilthead Seabream	Sparus aurata
	Dormilona	Atlantic Tripletail	Lobotes surinamensis
	Dragoncillo	Dragonet	Callionymus lyra / Callionymus maculatus
E
	Escolar clavo	Oilfish	Ruvettus pretiosus
	Esparrall	Annular Seabream	Diplodus annularis
	Espetón	Barracuda	Sphyraena sphyraena / Sphyraena viridensis
	Estornino	Chub Mackerel	Scomber japonicus
F
	Falso abadejo	Goldblotch Grouper	Epinephelus costae
G
	Galán	Pearly Razorfish	Xyrichtys novacula
	Gallineta also Rascasio rubio	Blackbelly Rosefish	Helicolenus dactylopterus
	Gitano	Mottled Grouper	Mycteroperca rubra
H
	Herrera	Sand Steenbras	Lithognathus mormyrus
J
	Japuta also Palometa negra	Atlantic Pomfret	Brama brama
	Julia also Doncella	Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse	Coris julis
	Jurel	Horse Mackerel	Trachurus trachurus / Trachurus mediterraneus
L
	Lagarto	Atlantic Lizardfish	Synodus saurus
	Lenguado	Sole	Solea solea
	Lisa also Mugil	Flathead Grey Mullet	Mugil cephalus / Chelon labrosus / Chelon ramada
	Listado	Skipjack Tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis
	Llampuga	Coryphaene	Coryphaena hippurus
	Lubina	Seabass	Dicentrarchus labrax
M
	Manta	Giant Devil Ray	Mobula mobular
	Marlín	Mediterranean Spearfish	Tetrapturus belone
	Melva	Bullet Tuna	Auxis rochei
	Merillo	Brown Comber	Serranus hepatus
	Merluza	Hake	Merluccius merluccius
	Mero	Dusky Grouper	Epinephelus marginatus
	Mero dentón	Dogtooth Grouper	Epinephelus caninus
	Mielga also Galludo	Spiny Dogfish	Squalus acanthias / Squalus blainvillei
	Mojarra	Two banded Seabream	Diplodus vulgaris
	Morena	Mediterranean Moray	Muraena helena
	Musola	Smooth hound	Mustelus mustelus
O
	Oblada	Saddled Seabream	Oblada melanura
	Ojiverde	Shortnose Greeneye	Chlorophthalmus agassizi
P
	Palometón	Leerfish	Lichia amia
	Pargo	Red Seabream	Pagrus pagrus
	Pastinaca	Stingray	Dasyatis pastinaca / Bathytoshia centroura
	Pejerrey	Sand Smelt	Atherina hepsetus, Atherina boyeri, and Atherinomorus lacunosus
	Peluda also Peludilla	Scaldback	Arnoglossus laterna
	Pez ballesta also Roncon	Grey Triggerfish	Balistes capriscus
	Pez cinta	Red Bandfish	Cepola macrophthalma
	Pez de limón also Serviola	Greater Amberjack	Seriola dumerili
	Pez de San Pedro also Gallopedro	John Dory	Zeus faber
	Pez espada	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius
	Pez guitarra	Guitarfish	Rhinobatos rhinobatos / Glaucostegus cemiculus
	Pez murciélago also Golondrina	Flying Gurnard	Dactylopterus volitans
	Pez piloto	Pilot Fish	Naucrates ductor
	Pez volador	Flying Fish	Cheilopogon heterurus / Parexocoetus mento
	Pintarroja	Small spotted Catshark	Scyliorhinus canicula
	Pota	Broadtail Shortfin Squid	Illex coindetii / Todarodes sagittatus
	Pulpo común	Octopus	Octopus vulgaris
R
	Rape	Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius / Lophius budegassa
	Rata	Atlantic Stargazer	Uranoscopus scaber
	Raya de clavos	Thornback Ray	Raja clavata
	Rèmol	Brill	Scophthalmus rhombus
	Rodaballo	Turbot	Scophthalmus maximus
	Rubio	Gurnard	Chelidonichthys lucerna / Trigloporus lastoviza
S
	Salmonete de banda dorada	Goldband Goatfish	Upeneus moluccensis
	Salmonete de fango	Red Mullet	Mullus barbatus
	Salmonete de roca	Striped Red Mullet	Mullus surmuletus
	Salmonete real	Cardinalfish	Apogon imberbis
	Salpa	Salema Porgy	Sarpa salpa
	Sama de pluma	Pink Dentex	Dentex gibbosus
	Sardiña	Pilchard	Sardina pilchardus
	Sargo	White Seabream	Diplodus sargus
	Sargo breado	Zebra Seabream	Diplodus cervinus
	Sargo picudo	Sharpsnout Seabream	Diplodus puntazzo
	Sèpia also Jibia	Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis
	Serrano	Painted Comber	Serranus scriba
	Siguro	Rabbitfish	Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus
	Sonso also Lanzón	Mediterranean Sand Eel	Gymnammodytes cicerelus / Ammodytes tobianus
T
	Tasarte	Plain Bonito	Orcynopsis unicolor
	Tordo also Merlo	Wrasse	Symphodus tinca / Labrus viridis / Labrus merula
	Tremielga	Electric Ray	Torpedo marmorata / Torpedo torpedo
	Tres colas	Swallowtail Seaperch	Anthias anthias
	Trompetero	Longspine Snipefish	Macroramphosus scolopax
V
	Verrugato	Shi Drum	Umbrina cirrosa
	Vieja	Mediterranean Parrotfish	Sparisoma cretense
Z
	Zorro	Thresher Shark	Alopias vulpinus / Alopias superciliosus / Alopias pelagicus

No fish found with that name.

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