This mosaic showing different species of fish was discovered in 1955 in the remains of a Roman villa in La Pineda, the coastal area of the town of Vila-seca. It is 6.25 metres long by 4.5 metres wide. The field of the mosaic is a rectangle of 3.68 x 2.68 metres with 47 different depictions of marine life. The illustrations are mainly of fish, but there are also crustaceans, cephalopods and mammals. The central motif is framed by lines of coloured tiles. The rest of the mosaic has a border of peltas, placed in the form of a wavy ribbon with floral decoration inside. This work is from the beginning of the 3rd century AD and belongs to the African school of mosaic composition, in which the scene fills the whole area of mosaic. This contrasts with the tendency of the Hellenic style to create small, independent compositions (emblemata), surrounded by a geometric decoration.

Marine animals found in the La Pineda fish mosaic (according to M. Bobadilla, 1969). 1. Sea bream or a fish from the gilthead family 2. Sea bream or a fish from the gilthead family 3. Possibly a red mullet 4. Needle fish 5. Probably an ornith 6. Sole 7. Octopus 8. Moray 9. Moray 10. Probably a cackarel 11. Torpedo fish 12. Sea bream or similar 13. Sea bream or similar 14. Sea bream or similar 15. Lobster 16. A fish from the gilthead family 17. Dolphin 18. Possibly a spit 19. Probably a cackarel 20. Moray 21. Possibly an spit 22. Probably a needle fish 23. Sole 24. Possibly a red sea bream 25. Octopus 26. Cuttlefish 27. Probably a cackarel 28. Sea bream or similar 29. Bream 30. Sea bream or similar 31. Torpedo fish 32. Unidentified fish 33. Lobster 34. Sea bass 35. Corb 36. Couch's sea bream 37. Dolphin 38. Sea bass 39. Octopus 40. Cabrilla - a type of perch 41. Oblada 42. Squid 43. Cuttlefish 44. Red mullet 45. Needle fish 46. Squid 47. Dolphin