Fish of Corsica

Various species photographed in 2023. All photos copyright by Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

Almaco jack – Seriola rivoliana
Annular seabream – Diplodus annularis
Aureolated sea cucumber – Holothuria sanctori
Atlantic lizardfish – Synodus saurus
Bandtooth conger – Ariosoma-balearicum
Bandtooth conger – Ariosoma balearicum
Bandtooth conger – Ariosoma balearicum
Black sea urchin – Arbacia lixula
Bluespotted seabream – Pagrus coeruleostictus
Brown meagre – Sciaena umbra
Brown wrasse – Labrus merula
Butterfly blenny – Blennius ocellaris
Common cuttlefish – Sepia officinalis
Common two-banded seabream – Diplodus vulgaris
Common two-banded seabream – Diplodus vulgaris
Cotton-spinner sea cucumber – Holothuria tubulosa
Cylinder anemone – Cerianthus membranaceus
Dusky grouper – Epinephelus marginatus
Five-spotted wrasse – Symphodus roissali
Garfish – Belone belone
Gilthead seabream – Sparus aurata
Goldblotch grouper – Epinephelus costae
Golden grey mullet – Chelon auratus
Greater weever – Trachinus draco
Green wrasse – Labrus viridis
Incognito goby – Gobius incognitus
Long-nosed wrasse – Symphodus rostratus
Mauve stinger – Pelagia noctiluca
Mediterranean cardinalfish – Apogon imberbis
Mediterranean damselfish – Chromis chromis
Mediterranean damselfish – Chromis chromis
Mediterranean jellyfish – Cotylorhiza tuberculata
Mediterranean moray – Muraena helena
Mediterranean parrotfish – Sparisoma cretense
Mediterranean red sea star – Echinaster sepositus
Mediterranean sand smelt – Atherina hepsetus
Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone – Anemonia sulcata
Non-punctuated marine sand smelt – Atherina boyeri
Ocellated wrasse – Symphodus ocellatus
Octopus – Octopus vulgaris
Octopus – Octopus vulgaris
Octopus – Octopus vulgaris
Octopus – Octopus vulgaris
Octopus – Octopus vulgaris
Ornate wrasse – Thalassoma pavo
Painted comber -Serranus scriba
Peacock wrasse – Syphodus tinca
Peacock wrasse – Syphodus tinca
Pompano – Trachinotus ovatus
Rainbow wrasse – Coris julis
Rainbow wrasse – Coris julis
Rusty blenny – Parablennius sanguinolentus
Saddled seabream – Oblada melanura
Saddled seabream – Oblada melanura
Salema – Sarpa salpa
Sand sea star – Astropecten irregularis
Sea tomato anemone – Actinia mediterranea
Small red scorpionfish – Scorpaena notata
Sharpsnout seabream – Diplodus puntazzo
Striped red mullet – Mullus surmuletus
Striped seabream – Lithognathus mormyrus
Totonese’s stingray – Dasyatis tortonesei
White seabream – Diplodus sargus
White-spotted octopus – Callistoctopus macropus
Wide-eyed flounder – Bothus podas
Yellowtail barracuda – Sphyraena flavicauda