Demersal Fish Species (sea bed)

This terminology encompasses crustaceans (shrimps, langoustine, lobster and crabs), cephalopods (octopus, squid, calamar) as well as miscellaneous fish belonging to the benthic or bentho-pelagic species and living in shallow waters or on the seabed.

The modification of the marine ecosystem, in particular the significant reduction in predator species, favoured the abundance of noble démersale species, lobster and shrimps in Mauritanian waters.

There is a great deal of various demersal species in Mauritanian waters. It would be fastidious to describe all of them.

The benthic zone is the lowest level of the ocean

Living on the bottom or mid waters of the ocean, feeding on benthic and free swimming organisms.

Fish

Rubberlip grunt (English) Abadèche (Daurade grise) (French) Plectorhinchus mediterraneus (Latin)
Goldblotch grouper (E) Mérou badèche (Fr) Epinephelus costae
African hind (E) Mérou africain (Mérou à points bleus, mérou rouge) (Fr) Cephalopholis taeniops
White grouper (E) Tiof (Mérou bronzé, mérou blanc) (Fr) Epinephelus aeneus
Meagre (E) Courbine(Fr) Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801);
Spottail spiny turbot (E) Flétan (Turbot tropical)(Fr) Psettodes belcheri
White sea bream (E) Sar commun (Fr) Diplodus sargus lineatus
Common two-banded sea bream (E) Sar doréà tête noire (Fr) Diplodus vulgaris
Pink dentex (E) Denté à long fil (Gros denté rose) (Fr) Dentex gibbosus
Redbanded sea bream (E) Pagre rayé (Cocher) (Fr) Pagrus
Bluespotted sea bream (E) Pagre à points bleus (Fr) Pagrus caeruleostictus
Red porgy (E) Pagre commun (Fr) Pagrus pagrus
Large-eye dentex (E) Denté à gros yeux (Daurade à gros yeux)(Fr) Dentex macrophth
Canary dentex (E) Denté à tache rouge (Daurade rose) (Fr) Dentex canariensis
Gilthead sea bream (E) Dorade royale (Fr) Sparus auratus
Portuguese sole (E) Sole de roche(Fr) Synaptura lusitanica
Cyclope sole (E) Sole perdrixlangue(Fr) Pegusa triophthalma
Senegalese tonguesole (E) Sole du Sénégal (Fr) Cynoglossus senegalensis
Wedge sole (E) Céteau (Fr) Dicologlossa cuneata
And much more fish like:	- Guinean striped mojarra - Spotted burr fish - King fish - West African stargazer - King kiling - Offshore rockfish - Bastard grunt - Sabre...

Cephalopods

Flying squid (A) Encornet (Fr) Ommastrephes bartrami
Octopus (E) Poulpe (Fr) Octopus vulgaris
Cuttlefish (E) Seiche (Fr) Sepia officinalis

Crustaceans

Norway lobster (E) Langoustine (Fr) Nephrops norvegicus
Strip red shrimp (E) Gambon rayé (Fr) Aristeus Varidens
Scarlet shrimp (E) Crevette rouge géante (Fr) Plesiopenaueus edwarsianus,/
Tiger shrimp (E) Crevette tigrée (Fr) Penaeus kerathurus
Pink spiny lobster (E) Langouste rose (Fr) Palinurus mauritanicus
Royal spiny lobster (E) Langouste verte (Fr) panulirus regius
Red crab (E) Géryon (Fr) Chaceon maritae

Shellfish

Warty venus (E) Palourde (Fr) Venus rosalina
Clam (E) Praire (Fr) Venus verrucosa