Marine species in Gibraltar
45 species divers have recorded here, each verified against the World Register of Marine Species. Log your dives on DIVR to add to the record.
Commonly seen
18You have a good chance of spotting these on a typical dive.
commonActinia equina
Beadlet Anemone
commonAnemonia viridis
Opelet Anemone
commonBoops boops
Bogue
commonCaretta caretta
Loggerhead
commonConger conger
Conger
commonDardanus arrosor
Striated Hermit Crab
commonDelphinus delphis
Common Dolphin
commonGlobicephala melas
American Black-Fish
commonHippocampus guttulatus
Long-Snouted Seahorse
commonMimachlamys varia
Variegated Scallop
commonMola mola
Common Sunfish
commonMullus surmuletus
Goatfish
commonPelagia noctiluca
Mauve Stinger
commonPhyseter macrocephalus
Chocolate Whale
commonSerranus cabrilla
Comber
commonSerranus hepatus
Brown Comber
commonStenella coeruleoalba
Blue Dolphin
commonTursiops truncatus
Black Porpoise
Occasionally seen
14Regular residents, but not on every dive.
occasionalAsterina gibbosa
Cushion Star
occasionalDiplodus vulgaris
Two Banded Sea Bream
occasionalEriphia verrucosa
Italian Box Crab
occasionalMarthasterias glacialis
Spiny Starfish
occasionalMerluccius merluccius
European Hake
occasionalOphioderma longicaudum
Smooth Brittle-Star
occasionalOphiothrix fragilis
Common Brittlestar
occasionalPolybius depurator
Blue-Leg Swimcrab
occasionalScorpaena notata
Red Scorpionfish
occasionalScorpaena porcus
Black Scorpionfish
occasionalScyliorhinus canicula
Dogfish
occasionalSepia officinalis
Common Cuttlefish
occasionalTorpedo marmorata
Marbled Electric Ray
occasionalTrachurus trachurus
Atlantic Horse Mackerel
Rare finds
13Lucky encounters worth logging.
rareAlloteuthis subulata
European Common Squid
rareArbacia lixula
Black Sea Urchin
rareAstroides calycularis
Chalice Coral
rareBalaenoptera physalus
Big Finner
rareCalappa granulata
Mediterranean Shame-Faced Crab
rareCarcinus maenas
Common Shore Crab
rareDeltentosteus quadrimaculatus
Four-Spotted Goby
rareGobius niger
Black Goby
rareLutra lutra
Eurasian Otter
rarePagurus prideaux
Deep Hermit Crab
rareParacentrotus lividus
Purple Sea Urchin
rarePinna rudis
Rough Penshell
rare