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Fish Species of Brazil
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
2,136
Total Species
159
Threatened
352
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Atlantic fangjaw
Gonostoma atlanticum
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic flyingfish
Cheilopogon melanurus
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic footballfish
Himantolophus groenlandicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic goldeneye tilefish
Caulolatilus chrysops
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic goliath grouper
Epinephelus itajara
VU
🌊 Marine
Atlantic Midshipman
Porichthys porosissimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic midshipman
Porichthys plectrodon
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic pearlside
Maurolicus weitzmani
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic piquitinga
Lile piquitinga
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic pomfret
Brama brama
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic pygmy devil ray
Mobula hypostoma
EN
🌊 Marine
Atlantic pygmy skate
Gurgesiella atlantica
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic Roughy
Hoplostethus occidentalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic rubyfish
Erythrocles monodi
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic sabretooth
Coccorella atlantica
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic sailfish
Istiophorus albicans
🌊 Marine
Atlantic sailor lightfish
Polymetme thaeocoryla
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic Shorttail Eel
Coloconger meadi
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic Snaggletooth
Astronesthes atlanticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
LC
🌊 Marine
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
LC
🌊 Marine
Avocet snipe eel
Avocettina infans
LC
🌊 Marine
Avocettina Paucipora
Avocettina paucipora
LC
🌊 Marine
Azores chromis
Chromis limbata
LC
🌊 Marine
backfin tapirfish
Lipogenys gillii
🌊 Marine
Balao halfbeak
Hemiramphus balao
LC
🌊 Marine
Balbo sabretooth
Evermannella balbo
LC
🌊 Marine
Ballyhoo halfbeak
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded butterflyfish
Chaetodon striatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded cusk eel
Raneya brasiliensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded driftfish
Psenes arafurensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded rudderfish
Seriola zonata
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded yellowfish
Centriscops humerosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bandtooth conger
Ariosoma balearicum
LC
🌊 Marine
Bandwing flyingfish
Cheilopogon exsiliens
LC
🌊 Marine
Barathronus Bicolor
Barathronus bicolor
LC
🌊 Marine
Barbate dragonfish
Eustomias enbarbatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Barber goby
Elacatinus figaro
VU
🌊 Marine
Barber surgeonfish
Acanthurus bahianus
LC
🌊 Marine
Barbfish
Scorpaena brasiliensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Barbu
Polydactylus virginicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Barnards lanternfishes
Symbolophorus barnardi
LC
🌊 Marine
Barne's lanternfish
Gonichthys barnesi
LC
🌊 Marine
Barred grunt
Conodon nobilis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bartail goby
Coryphopterus thrix
VU
🌊 Marine
Bascanichthys Paulensis
Bascanichthys paulensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Basketwork eel
Diastobranchus capensis
VU
🌊 Marine
Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
EN
🌊 Marine