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Either you are just a visitor of our blog, or an experienced diver who wants to visit Greece and Crete, you might want to know some kind of fish around the island, so here’s a small article about this topic.

The first one is a quite common one around Greece, the scorpion fish (also known as Scorpaena in Greece). The scorpionfish might be impressive but pay attention, its back has stings are not just decorative, they are venomous. Don’t worry though, the scorpionfish rarely leaves the rocky and stony areas it inhabits so you try avoiding them if you want to avoid this venomous fish.

Another common fish found around Crete and the rest of Greece and Mediterranean as well is the Black Goby (Greeks know it as “Govios”). It is most likely to see Black Gobies near the Cretan shores and not in deep seawater. This kind of fish is always a top specialty for Cretans and they are considered a fine catch for fishermen.

Other common fish of Crete are the Atherinas, the Pearly Razorfish and, of course, the Octopus, which tastes great with the traditional drink of Crete, the “raki”! I hope this article was a little bit helpful to you. Enjoy Crete…

(The picture showed above has been used before on our blog and might not be appropriate for the article, but we surely like it!)