Maltese Fish Names	Names In English
Accola	Greater amberjack
African threadfish	African threadfish
Alonga	Albacore
Argentina	Argentine
Arznella rara	Curled picarel
Arznella tat-tikek	Blotched picarel
Awrata	Gilthead seabream
Bakkaljaw	Poor cod
Ballottra tal-bahar	Shore rockling
Ballottra tal-hama	Snake blenny
Ballottra tat-tikek	Three-bearded rockling
Baqra	Devil fish
Barbun	Brill
Barbun ghajnejh imbeghda	Wide-eyed flounder
Barbun imperjali	Turbot
Barracudina
Bazuga	Axillary seabream
Bazuga kahla	Blackspot seabream
Bekkacca tal-bahar	Longspine snipefish
Bies	Flying gurnard
Big eye thresher shark	Bigeye thresher
Black spotted smooth hound	Blackspotted smooth-hound
Blonde ray	Blonde ray
Boll denbu ahrax	Roughtail stingray
Boll komuni	Common stingray
Boll vjola	Pelagic stingray
Boxbox	Axillary wrasse
Boxbox kannella	Five-spotted wrasse
Budakkra hamra	Rusty blenny
Budakkra kannella	Tentacled blenny
Budakkra lewn iz-zebbug
Budakkra rasha sewda
Budakkra ta' l-ghajn	Butterfly blenny
Budakkra tal-fidda	Cline
Budakkra tal-qawwi	Tompot blenny
Burqaxa	Painted comber
Buwahhal	Sea lamprey
Buwahhal rasu qasira	Two-spotted clingfish
Buwahhal rasu twila	Connemarra clingfish
Buwahhal tat-tentakli	Shore clingfish
Buxih ahdar
Buzaqq
Buzullieqa
Cawla	Damselfish
Cerna	Dusky grouper
Cerna denbha dritt	Mottled grouper
Chubby flashlight fish	Chubby flashlightfish
Ciccirella	Mediterranean sand eel
Cippullazza ta' l'ghajn	Blackbelly rosefish
Debba
Denci hotbi	Pink dentex
Denci komuni	Common dentex
Denci ta' l-ghajn	Large-eye dentex
Dott abjad	Dogtooth grouper
Dott tal-faxxi	White grouper
Maltese Fish Names	Names In English
Dusky spinefoot	Dusky spinefoot
Fanfru	Pilotfish
Farfett	Spiny butterfly ray
Fenek tal-bahar	Rabbit fish
Fjamma	Ribbon fish
Fjamma hamra	Red bandfish
Fjamma rasha kbira	Scalloped ribbonfish
Fjamma tal-fond	King of herrings
Gabdoll	Basking shark
Gallina griza	Grey gurnard
Gallinetta	Tub gurnard
Gallinetta tar-rigi	Streaked gurnard
Gattarell halqu iswed	Blackmouth catshark
Gattarell Tar-Rukkal	Nursehound
Gattarell tat-tikek	Small-spotted catshark
Ghadma	Piper gurnard
Glacier lantern fish	Glacier lanternfish
Goldblotch grouper	Goldblotch grouper
Goldsinny wrasse	Goldsinny-wrasse
Gremxula tal-bahar halqha gholi	Broad-nosed pipefish
Gremxula tal-bahar halqha qasir	Black-striped pipefish
Gremxula tal-bahar hamra
Gremxula tal-bahar hoxna	Greater pipefish
Gremxula tal-bahar irqiqa	Straightnose pipefish
Gremxula tal-bahar kahla
Gringu	European conger
Gringu serp	Armless snake eel
Gringu tar-ramel	Painted eel
Gurbell	Meagre
Gurbell tad-daqna	Shi drum
Gurbell tork	Brown meagre
Gurdien	Glasshead grenadier
Gurdien tal-fond	Hollowsnout grenadier
Gurdien tal-warda	Mediterranean slimehead
Haddiela komuni	Spotted torpedo
Haddiela sewda	Atlantic torpedo
Haddiela ta' l'ghajnejn	Common torpedo
Hamiema	Bottlenosed skate
Hamiema kbira	Lusitanian cownose ray
Hamiema komuni	Common eagle ray
Hamiema rasha twila	Bull ray
Hanzir burqax	Brown comber
Hanzir tal-fond	Wreckfish
Hawwad	Common seabream
Hmar	Grey triggerfish
Hmar jintefah	Oceanic puffer
Huta Kahla	Blue shark
Huta tal-bram	Imperial blackfish
Huta tal-hjar	Pearl fish
Imsella	Garpike
Imsella imperjali	Agujon needlefish
Incova	European anchovy
Kahlija	Saddled seabream
Kastardella	Atlantic saury
Kavall	Atlantic mackerel
Kelb griz	Sandbar shark
Kelb il - Bahar Abjad	Great white shark
Maltese Fish Names	Names In English
Kubrit	Little tunny
Kuntrabaxx	Blackchin guitarfish
Kurazza komuni	Smooth hammerhead
Kurazza rasha zghira	Smalleye hammerhead
Kurunella	Mediterranean sand smelt
Kurunella ghajnejh kbar	Big-scale sand smelt
Lacca	Allis shad
Lacca tal-faxx	Round sardinella
Lacci kahla	European sprat
Lacci tal-gewnah iswed	Madeiran sardinella
Lacci tat-tbajja	Twaite shad
Lampuka	Common dolphinfish
Lampuka rara	Pompano dolphinfish
Lampuka tat-torok	Blackfish
Lancet	Sharpchin barracudina
Lhudi	Ornate wrasse
Linarda	Blue ling
Lingwata	Imperial scaldfish
Lingwata harxa	Whiskered sole
Lingwata komuni	Common sole
Lingwata lixxa	Scaldfish
Lingwata safra	Solenette
Lingwata ta' l-ghajnejn	Foureyed sole
Lingwata tal-qxur kbar	Atlantic spotted flounder
Lingwata tar-rigi	Thickback sole
Lingwata tat-tikek bojod	Klein's sole
Lingwata tat-tikek kohol	Adriatic sole
Lingwata tat-tikek suwed	Scaldback
Lingwata tax-xulliefa	Thor's scaldfish
Lipp abjad	Greater forkbeard
Lipp tal-qawwi	Forkbeard
Little sleeper shark	Little sleeper shark
Lizz	European barracuda
Lizz ta' lvant	Yellowstripe barracuda
Makku	Transparent goby
Marlozz	European hake
Marlozz tal-fond	Common mora
Marzpan	Parrotfish
Mazzola	Tope shark
Mazzola biz-xewka	Longnose spurdog
Mazzola bla xewka	Smooth-hound
Mazzola griza	Piked dogfish
Mazzola tal-fanal	Velvet belly lantern shark
Mazzola tat-tbajja	Starry smooth-hound
Mazzun b'erba' tikek	Four-spotted goby
Mazzun ghajnejh zghar	Grass goby
Mazzun irqiq	Slender goby
Mazzun iswed	Black goby
Mazzun kannella	Bucchich's goby
Mazzun kbir	Giant goby
Mazzun tad-demm	Red-mouthed goby
Mazzun tal-port	Rock goby
Mazzun tar-ramel	Sand goby
Mingus	Striped seabream
Mirli	Brown wrasse
Moghza	Sharpsnout seabream
Maltese Fish Names	Names In English
Molly miller	Molly miller
Morina	Mediterranean moray
Morina falza	Bandtooth conger
Morina kannella	Brown moray
Mulett bobin	Boxlip mullet
Mulett buri	Leaping mullet
Mulett kaplat	Thicklip grey mullet
Mulett ta' l'imcarrat	Thinlip mullet
Mulett ta' l'iswed	Flathead mullet
Mulett tac-carruta safra	Golden grey mullet
Munqara	Picarel
Murruna b'sitt gargi	Bluntnose sixgill shark
Murruna sewda	Kitefin shark
Murruna Ta' Seba Gargi	Sharpnose sevengill shark
Murruna tax-xewk	Bramble shark
Nemusa	Silvery cod
Pagella	Common pandora
Pagru hamrani	Redbanded seabream
Pagru rar	Bluespotted seabream
Palamit	Skipjack tuna
Panjol	Shortnose greeneye
Papra	Blackfin sorcerer
Parpanjol	Cuckoo wrasse
Petrica kbira	Angler
Petrica zghira	Black-bellied angler
Pixxi San Pietru	John dory
Pixxi trumbetta	Boarfish
Pixxikornutu	African armoured searobin
Pixxiluna	Atlantic pomfret
Pixxiplamptu	Porbeagle
Pixxiporku	Angular roughshark
Pixxiroza ta' l-ghajn	Parrot seaperch
Pixxiroza tar-rigi	Swallowtail seaperch
Pixxispad	Swordfish
Pixxispad qasir	Mediterranean spearfish
Pixxitondu	Shortfin mako
Pixxivolpi	Thintail thresher
Pizzintun	Chub mackerel
Plamtu	Atlantic bonito
Plamtu bla rigi	Plain bonito
Portuguese dogfish	Portuguese dogfish
Qamar	Ocean sunfish
Qamar tawwali	Slender sunfish
Qawsalla	Marbled spinefoot
Raja lixxa	Brown ray
Raja petruza	Shagreen ray
Raja ta' Malta	Maltese ray
Raja tal-kwiekeb	Starry ray
Raja tar-ramel	Rough ray
Rebekkin geddumu twil	Longnosed skate
Rebekkin skur	Blue skate
Remora komuni	Common remora
Remora tal-faxx	Live sharksucker
Reticulated leatherjacket	Reticulated leatherjacket
Rondinella komuni	Mediterranean flyingfish
Rondinella rara	Black wing flyingfish
Ruvett	Oilfish
Maltese Fish Names	Names In English
Ruzetta	Pearly razorfish
Sallura	European eel
Sardina kahla	European pilchard
Sargu imperjali	Zebra seabream
Sargu komuni	White seabream
Sawrella ghajnejh kbar	Mediterranean horse mackerel
Sawrella imperjali	White trevally
Sawrella imperjali denbha iswed	Blue runner
Sawrella imperjali tat-tikka sewda	False scad
Sawrella kahla	Blue jack mackerel
Sawrella komuni	Atlantic horse mackerel
Sawt	Lesser weever
Sawt kbir	Greater weever
Serp il-bahar halqu qasir	Rufus snake eel
Serp il-bahar halqu twil	Serpent eel
Serra	Vadigo
Serra hoxna	Leerfish
Serra tas-snien	Bluefish
Sija	Common sawfish
Silfjun	Smalltooth sand tiger
Sirran	Comber
Skalm	Atlantic lizardfish
Skorfna hamra	Largescaled scorpionfish
Skorfna sewda	Black scorpionfish
Skorfna tal-Madejra	Madeira rockfish
Skorfna tat-tebgha	Small red scorpionfish
Slender rockfish	Slender rockfish
Sparlu	Annular seabream
Speckled ray	Speckled ray
Spinner shark	Spinner shark
Spnotta	European seabass
Spnotta tat-tbajja	Spotted seabass
Stokkafixx	Blue whiting
Strilja	Derbio
Strilja baghlija	Blue butterfish
Sturjun	Sturgeon
Sultan ic-cawl	Cardinal fish
Tannuta	Black seabream
Tartarella	Salema
Tawru	Sand tiger shark
Tirda
Tirda denbha iswed
Tirda griza	Grey wrasse
Tirda mirlija	East Atlantic peacock wrasse
Tirda rara	Scale-rayed wrasse
Tirda rasha hamra	Corkwing wrasse
Tirda tal-warda
Tirda tar-rig abjad
Tonna bajda	Luvar
Tracna tal-fond	Starry weever
Tracna tat-tbajja	Spotted weever
Trilja bla faxxi	Red mullet
Trilja tal-faxxi	Striped red mullet
Tumbrell	Bullet tuna
Tunnagg	Northern bluefin tuna
Ujatu	Little gulper shark
Vjolin	Common guitarfish
Maltese Fish Names	Names In English
Vopa	Bogue
Wizghha ta' l'ikhal	Dragonet
Wizghha ta' l'ikhal zghira
Wizghha tat-tikek
Wizghha tat-tikek suwed
Xabla	Silver scabbardfish
Xabla denbha rqiq	Largehead hairtail
Xkatlu komuni	Angelshark
Xkatlu ta' l-ghajnejn	Smoothback angelshark
Zaghrun	Gulper shark
Ziemel tal-bahar halqu qasir	Short-snouted seahorse
Ziemel tal-bahar halqu twil	Long-snouted seahorse
Zondu	Atlantic stargazer
Zumbrell	Royal flagfin
Zumbrell ahrax	Large-scaled gurnard
Zumbrell ghadma	East Atlantic red gurnard
Zumbrell spanjulett	Longfin gurnard
	Atlantic sailfish
	Research and Preparation Pierre Poulton ©_ksfamalta 2006