Turkish Fish Names in English

In Turkey, levrek is European seabass, çipura is gilthead seabream and lüfer is bluefish. This list gives the Turkish name of every species in our encyclopedia, with the English and scientific name next to it.

Many Turkish fish names end in balığı, which simply means fish, so you may hear both kalas and kalas balığı for the same species. Names can also differ between the Aegean, the Mediterranean coast and Istanbul.

Photo	Turkish	English	Scientific name
A
	Adi köpekbalığı	Smooth hound	Mustelus mustelus
	Akorkinoz balığı	Albacore	Thunnus alalunga
	Ak palamut	Plain Bonito	Orcynopsis unicolor
	Akya also Çıplak	Leerfish	Lichia amia
	Antenli balık	Pink Dentex	Dentex gibbosus
	Argonot	Greater Argonaut	Argonauta argo
B
	Balon balığı	Silver cheeked Toadfish	Lagocephalus sceleratus
	Baltabaş balığı	Atlantic Pomfret	Brama brama
	Barbunya	Red Mullet	Mullus barbatus
	Bayağı ahtapot	Octopus	Octopus vulgaris
	Benekli hani	Brown Comber	Serranus hepatus
	Berber balığı	Swallowtail Seaperch	Anthias anthias
	Berlam	Hake	Merluccius merluccius
	Beyazgöz balığı	Blotched Picarel	Spicara maena
	Boru balığı	Longspine Snipefish	Macroramphosus scolopax
	Boz camgöz	Bluntnose Sixgill Shark	Hexanchus griseus
	Büyük sardalya	Round Sardinella	Sardinella aurita
C
	Camgöz balığı	Tope Shark	Galeorhinus galeus
	Çarpan	Rabbitfish	Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus
	Çekiç balığı	Smooth Hammerhead	Sphyrna zygaena
	Çipura	Gilthead Seabream	Sparus aurata
	Çırçır balığı	Wrasse	Symphodus tinca / Labrus viridis / Labrus merula
	Çivisiz kalkan	Brill	Scophthalmus rhombus
	Çizgili isparoz	Zebra Seabream	Diplodus cervinus
	Çizgili orkinos	Skipjack Tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis
	Çütre	Grey Triggerfish	Balistes capriscus
D
	Deniz atı	Seahorse	Hippocampus guttulatus / Hippocampus hippocampus
	Derinsu iskorpiti	Blackbelly Rosefish	Helicolenus dactylopterus
	Dil balığı	Sole	Solea solea
	Dişlisazancık	Toothcarp	Aphanius fasciatus
	Domuz balığı	Angular Roughshark	Oxynotus centrina
	Dülger balığı	John Dory	Zeus faber
E
	Eşkina	Brown Meagre	Sciaena umbra
F
	Fener balığı	Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius / Lophius budegassa
	Folya	Eagle Ray	Myliobatis aquila
G
	Gelincik balığı	Forkbeard	Phycis phycis
	Gobene	Bullet Tuna	Auxis rochei
	Gümüş balığı	Sand Smelt	Atherina hepsetus, Atherina boyeri, and Atherinomorus lacunosus
	Günes	Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse	Coris julis
H
	Hamsi	Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus
	Hani	Painted Comber	Serranus scriba
	Hani balığı	Comber	Serranus cabrilla
I
	Iskarmoz balığı	Barracuda	Sphyraena sphyraena / Sphyraena viridensis
	İskaroz	Mediterranean Parrotfish	Sparisoma cretense
	İskorpit hanisi	Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus
	Ispari	Annular Seabream	Diplodus annularis
	Istavrit	Horse Mackerel	Trachurus trachurus / Trachurus mediterraneus
	İzmarit	Picarel	Spicara smaris
K
	Kalamar	Squid	Loligo vulgaris
	Kalas balığı	Oilfish	Ruvettus pretiosus
	Kalkan	Turbot	Scophthalmus maximus
	Karagöz	Two banded Seabream	Diplodus vulgaris
	Kardinal balığı	Cardinalfish	Apogon imberbis
	Kedi balığı	Nursehound	Scyliorhinus stellaris
	Kedibalığı	Small spotted Catshark	Scyliorhinus canicula
	Kefal	Flathead Grey Mullet	Mugil cephalus / Chelon labrosus / Chelon ramada
	Kemane baligi	Guitarfish	Rhinobatos rhinobatos / Glaucostegus cemiculus
	Kılavuz balığı	Pilot Fish	Naucrates ductor
	Kılıç balığı	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius
	Kırlangıç balığı	Gurnard	Chelidonichthys lucerna / Trigloporus lastoviza
	Kırma mercan	Pandora	Pagellus erythrinus
	Kolyoz	Chub Mackerel	Scomber japonicus
	Kötek balığı	Shi Drum	Umbrina cirrosa
	Kral balığı	Blue Runner	Caranx crysos
	Küçük pisi balığı	Scaldback	Arnoglossus laterna
	Külah balığı	Bluespotted Cornetfish	Fistularia commersonii
	Kulaklı folya also Şeytan vatozu	Giant Devil Ray	Mobula mobular
	Kum balığı	Mediterranean Sand Eel	Gymnammodytes cicerelus / Ammodytes tobianus
	Kupes	Bogue	Boops boops
	Kurbağa balığı	Atlantic Stargazer	Uranoscopus scaber
	Kurdele balığı	Red Bandfish	Cepola macrophthalma
L
	Lagos	White Grouper	Epinephelus aeneus
	Lahoz	Goldblotch Grouper	Epinephelus costae
	Lambuga	Coryphaene	Coryphaena hippurus
	Levrek	Seabass	Dicentrarchus labrax
	Lipsoz also Iskorpit	Scorpionfish	Scorpaena scrofa / Scorpaena porcus
	Lokum balığı	Atlantic Lizardfish	Synodus saurus
	Lüfer also Çinekop	Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
M
	Mahmuzlu camgöz also Katran balığı	Spiny Dogfish	Squalus acanthias / Squalus blainvillei
	Mandagöz mercan	Blackspot Seabream	Pagellus bogaraveo
	Marlin	Mediterranean Spearfish	Tetrapturus belone
	Mavi mezgit	Blue Whiting	Micromesistius poutassou
	Melanur	Saddled Seabream	Oblada melanura
	Mercan	Red Seabream	Pagrus pagrus
	Mığrı	Conger	Conger conger
	Mırmır	Sand Steenbras	Lithognathus mormyrus
	Müren	Mediterranean Moray	Muraena helena
N
	Naylon balığı	Redcoat Squirrelfish	Sargocentron rubrum
O
	Orfoz	Dusky Grouper	Epinephelus marginatus
	Orkinos	Atlantic Bluefin Tuna	Thunnus thynnus
P
	Palamut	Atlantic Bonito	Sarda sarda
	Papaz balığı	Mediterranean Damselfish	Chromis chromis
	Paşa barbunyası	Goldband Goatfish	Upeneus moluccensis
R
	Rina	Stingray	Dasyatis pastinaca / Bathytoshia centroura
S
	Sapan balığı	Thresher Shark	Alopias vulpinus / Alopias superciliosus / Alopias pelagicus
	Sardalya	Pilchard	Sardina pilchardus
	Sargos	White Seabream	Diplodus sargus
	Sarigöz	Black Seabream	Spondyliosoma cantharus
	Sarı kuyruk	Greater Amberjack	Seriola dumerili
	Sarpa	Salema Porgy	Sarpa salpa
	Sinarit	Dentex	Dentex dentex
	Sivriburun karagöz	Sharpsnout Seabream	Diplodus puntazzo
	Sivridişli orfoz	Dogtooth Grouper	Epinephelus caninus
	Sivrisinek balığı	Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki
	Sübye	Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis
T
	Taş hanisi	Mottled Grouper	Mycteroperca rubra
	Tekir	Striped Red Mullet	Mullus surmuletus
	Tombak	Narrow Barred Spanish Mackerel	Scomberomorus commerson
	Trakonya	Greater Weever	Trachinus draco
U
	Uçan balık	Flying Fish	Cheilopogon heterurus / Parexocoetus mento
	Uçan kırlangıç balığı	Flying Gurnard	Dactylopterus volitans
	Üçkuyruk balığı	Atlantic Tripletail	Lobotes surinamensis
	Uskumru	Atlantic Mackerel	Scomber scombrus
	Ustura balığı	Pearly Razorfish	Xyrichtys novacula
	Uyuşturan balığı	Electric Ray	Torpedo marmorata / Torpedo torpedo
	Üzgün balığı	Dragonet	Callionymus lyra / Callionymus maculatus
V
	Vatoz	Thornback Ray	Raja clavata
Y
	Yabani mercan	Axillary Seabream	Pagellus acarne
	Yazılı orkinos	Little Tunny	Euthynnus alletteratus
	Yeşilgöz balığı	Shortnose Greeneye	Chlorophthalmus agassizi
	Yılan balığı	Eel	Anguilla anguilla
Z
	Zargana	Garfish	Belone belone

No fish found with that name.

Fish names in other Mediterranean countries