Marine species in Slovenia
44 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.
commonArca noae
Noah's Ark
commonAtherina boyeri
Big-Scale Sand Smelt
commonBelone belone
Garfish
commonDicentrarchus labrax
Bass
commonDiplodus puntazzo
Sharp Snout Bream
commonDiplodus vulgaris
Two Banded Sea Bream
commonEriphia verrucosa
Italian Box Crab
commonGobius cobitis
Giant Goby
commonMullus surmuletus
Goatfish
commonOstrea edulis
Common Oyster
commonPagellus erythrinus
Pandora
commonPlatichthys flesus
European Flounder
commonRhizostoma pulmo
Barrel Jellyfish
commonSarpa salpa
Salema
commonSepia officinalis
Common Cuttlefish
commonSerranus scriba
Painted Comber
commonSparus aurata
Gilthead
commonZeus faber
Dory
Occasionally seen
14Regular residents, but not on every dive.
occasionalAtherina hepsetus
Mediterranean Sand Smelt
occasionalBoops boops
Bogue
occasionalConger conger
Conger
occasionalCotylorhiza tuberculata
Fried Egg Jellyfish
occasionalDiplodus annularis
Annular Sea Bream
occasionalLithognathus mormyrus
Striped Seabream
occasionalLoligo vulgaris
Cape Hope Squid
occasionalMerlangius merlangus
Whiting
occasionalMullus barbatus
Red Mullet
occasionalNephrops norvegicus
Dublin Bay Lobster
occasionalSciaena umbra
Brown Meagre
occasionalSerranus hepatus
Brown Comber
Solea solea
Common Sole
occasionalSquatina squatina
Angelshark
Rare finds
12Lucky encounters worth logging.
rareChrysaora hysoscella
Compass Jellyfish
rareDentex dentex
Common Dentex
rareEledone moschata
Musky Octopus
rareMaja squinado
Common Spider Crab
rareMerluccius merluccius
European Hake
rareMugil cephalus
Flathead Grey Mullet
rarePisidia longicornis
Common Porcelain Crab
rareSarda sarda
Atlantic Bonito
rareSpicara maena
Picarel
rareSpondyliosoma cantharus
Black Seabream
rareTrachurus trachurus
Atlantic Horse Mackerel
rareUmbrina cirrosa
Shi Drum