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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
Smooth dreamer
Chaenophryne draco
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
VU
🌊 Marine
Smooth puffer
Lagocephalus laevigatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth weakfish
Cynoscion leiarchus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smooth-head scorpionfish
Scorpaena calcarata
LC
🌊 Marine
Snake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
LC
🌊 Marine
Snowy grouper
Hyporthodus niveatus
VU
🌊 Marine
Snubnose anchovy
Anchoviella brevirostris
LC
🌊 Marine
Snubnosed eel
Simenchelys parasitica
LC
🌊 Marine
Snyderidia Canina
Snyderidia canina
LC
🌊 Marine
Soft lanternfish
Diaphus mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Soft leafvent angler
Haplophryne mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softhead grenadier
Malacocephalus laevis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softskin smooth-head
Rouleina attrita
LC
🌊 Marine
Sooty skate
Rajella fuliginea
LC
🌊 Marine
South American silver porgy
Diplodus argenteus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer
Canthigaster figueiredoi
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern Cut-throat Eel
Histiobranchus australis
DD
🌊 Marine
Southern eagle ray
Myliobatis goodei
VU
🌊 Marine
Southern fintail snipe eel
Avocettina acuticeps
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lanternfish
Lampanyctus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lanternshark
Etmopterus granulosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lightfish
Ichthyococcus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern puffer
Sphoeroides nephelus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern red snapper
Lutjanus purpureus
🌊 Marine
Southern sawtail catshark
Galeus mincaronei
VU
🌊 Marine
Southern sleeper shark
Somniosus antarcticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern stingray
Hypanus americanus
NT
🌊 Marine
Southwest Atlantic butterfish
Stromateus brasiliensis
🌊 Marine
Spanish flag
Gonioplectrus hispanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spanish hogfish
Bodianus rufus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spearfish remora
Remora brachyptera
LC
🌊 Marine
Spined pygmy shark
Squaliolus laticaudus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spined whiff
Citharichthys dinoceros
LC
🌊 Marine
Spinner shark
Carcharhinus brevipinna
VU
🌊 Marine
Spiny-back eel
Notacanthus sexspinis
🌊 Marine
Spinycheek soldierfish
Corniger spinosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Splendid alfonsino
Beryx splendens
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotback skate
Atlantoraja castelnaui
CR
🌊 Marine
Spotfin burrfish
Chilomycterus reticulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin butterflyfish
Chaetodon ocellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin flounder
Cyclopsetta fimbriata
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin goby
Oxyurichthys stigmalophius
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin hogfish
Bodianus pulchellus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotlight lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted moray
Gymnothorax moringa
LC
🌊 Marine