Spearfishing species

Guides to 144 species with their minimum size by zone, depth, habitat and difficulty. Everything you need to know before you dive.

Almaco jackSeriola rivolianaAnnular seabreamDiplodus annularisAtlantic bonitoSarda sardaAtlantic chub mackerelScomber coliasAtlantic codGadus morhuaAtlantic mackerelScomber scombrusAxillary seabreamPagellus acarneBaldchin groperChoerodon rubescensBallan wrasseLabrus bergyltaBarramundiLates calcariferBarred hogfishBodianus scrofaBlack grouperMycteroperca bonaciBlack morayMuraena augustiBlack musselcracker (poenskop)Cymatoceps nasutusBlack sea bassCentropristis striataBlack seabreamSpondyliosoma cantharusBlackspot seabreamPagellus bogaraveoBlacktail (dassie)Diplodus capensisBlacktail comberSerranus atricaudaBlue codParapercis coliasBluefin trevallyCaranx melampygusBluefin tunaThunnus thynnusBluespine unicornfishNaso unicornisBogueBoops boopsBronze breamPachymetopon grandeBrown meagreSciaena umbraCabezonScorpaenichthys marmoratusCalifornia halibutParalichthys californicusCalifornia sheepheadSemicossyphus pulcherCape snoekThyrsites atunChilean jack mackerelTrachurus murphyiCobiaRachycentron canadumComb grouperMycteroperca acutirostrisComberSerranus cabrillaCommon dentexDentex dentexCommon octopusOctopus vulgarisCommon pandoraPagellus erythrinusCommon seabreamPagrus pagrusCommon snookCentropomus undecimalisCommon soleSolea soleaCoral troutPlectropomus leopardusCorvina drumCilus gilbertiCrevalle jackCaranx hipposCubera snapperLutjanus cyanopterusCuttlefishSepia officinalisDog snapperLutjanus jocuDusky flatheadPlatycephalus fuscusDusky grouperEpinephelus marginatusEastern Pacific bonitoSarda chiliensisEuropean congerConger congerEuropean hakeMerluccius merlucciusEuropean lobsterHomarus gammarusEuropean sardineSardina pilchardusEuropean seabassDicentrarchus labraxFat snookCentropomus parallelusFine flounderParalichthys adspersusFlathead mulletMugil cephalusGag grouperMycteroperca microlepisGalapagos sheepheadSemicossyphus darwiniGaljoenDichistius capensisGarrick / LeervisLichia amiaGeelbekAtractoscion aequidensGiant trevally (ulua)Caranx ignobilisGilthead seabreamSparus aurataGoldring surgeonfish (kole)Ctenochaetus strigosusGoliath grouperEpinephelus itajaraGray (mangrove) snapperLutjanus griseusGray triggerfishBalistes capriscusGreat barracudaSphyraena barracudaGreater amberjackSeriola dumeriliGreen jobfish (uku)Aprion virescensGreenlip abaloneHaliotis laevigataHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusHogfishLachnolaimus maximusHorse mackerelTrachurus trachurusHottentot seabreamPachymetopon blochiiIsland grouperMycteroperca fuscaKelp bassParalabrax clathratusKing George whitingSillaginodes punctatusKing mackerelScomberomorus cavallaLargehead hairtailTrichiurus lepturusLingcodOphiodon elongatusLittle tunnyEuthynnus alletteratusLuderickGirella tricuspidataMahi-mahiCoryphaena hippurusMoray eelMuraena helenaMulataGraus nigraMulloway / KobArgyrosomus japonicusMutton snapperLutjanus analisParrotfishSparisoma cretenseParrotfish (uhu)Scarus rubroviolaceusPeacock grouperCephalopholis argusPeruvian morwongCheilodactylus variegatusPeruvian rock seabassParalabrax humeralisPink dentexDentex gibbosusPollackPollachius pollachiusPompanoTrachinotus ovatusPāua (black abalone)Haliotis irisRed cusk-eelGenypterus chilensisRed grouperEpinephelus morioRed scorpionfishScorpaena scrofaRed snapperLutjanus campechanusRed steenbrasPetrus rupestrisRock lobsterJasus edwardsiiRoman seabreamChrysoblephus laticepsSaddled seabreamOblada melanuraSalemaSarpa salpaSand flatheadPlatycephalus bassensisShad / ElfPomatomus saltatrixSharpsnout seabreamDiplodus puntazzoSheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalusShi drumUmbrina cirrosaSnapperChrysophrys auratusSpanish mackerelScomberomorus commersonSpiny lobsterPalinurus elephasSpotted grunterPomadasys commersonniiSquidLoligo vulgarisStriped bassMorone saxatilisStriped red mulletMullus surmuletusStriped seabreamLithognathus mormyrusStriped trumpeterLatris lineataSummer flounder (fluke)Paralichthys dentatusSwordfishXiphias gladiusTautogTautoga onitisTurbotScophthalmus maximusTwo-banded seabreamDiplodus vulgarisTwo-spot red snapperLutjanus boharWahooAcanthocybium solandriWest Australian dhufishGlaucosoma hebraicumWestern blue groperAchoerodus gouldiiWhite musselcrackerSparodon durbanensisWhite seabassAtractoscion nobilisWhite seabreamDiplodus sargusWhite steenbrasLithognathus lithognathusWhite trevallyPseudocaranx dentexWhitemouth croakerMicropogonias furnieriWreckfishPolyprion americanusYellow-edged lyretailVariola loutiYellowfin breamAcanthopagrus australisYellowmouth barracudaSphyraena viridensisYellowtail kingfishSeriola lalandiYellowtail snapperOcyurus chrysurusZebraChirodactylus brachydactylusZebra seabreamDiplodus cervinus