Fish Species of Japan

Abbottina Rivularis

Abbottina rivularis

LC 🌊 Marine

Abyssal cutthroat eel

Meadia abyssalis

LC 🌊 Marine

Abyssal halosaur

Halosauropsis macrochir

LC 🌊 Marine

Acheilognathus Macropterus

Acheilognathus macropterus

DD 💧 Freshwater

Afele's dwarfgoby

Eviota afelei

LC 🌊 Marine

African pompano

Alectis ciliaris

LC 🌊 Marine

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

LC 🌊 Marine

Alfonsino

Beryx decadactylus

LC 🌊 Marine

Amazon sailfin catfish

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

LC 💧 Freshwater

American Shad

Alosa sapidissima

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Amur catfish

Silurus asotus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Andersen's lantern fish

Diaphus anderseni

LC 🌊 Marine

aquaculture, aquarium

Cobitis biwae

💧 Freshwater

aquarium

Coreoperca kawamebari

💧 Freshwater

Argentinian silverside

Odontesthes bonariensis

DD 🔄 Diadromous

Arrowtail

Melanonus zugmayeri

LC 🌊 Marine

Asian swamp eel

Monopterus albus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Atlantic barracudina

Lestidium atlanticum

LC 🌊 Marine

Atlantic fangjaw

Gonostoma atlanticum

LC 🌊 Marine

Atlantic footballfish

Himantolophus groenlandicus

LC 🌊 Marine

Atlantic sabretooth

Coccorella atlantica

LC 🌊 Marine

Avocettina Paucipora

Avocettina paucipora

LC 🌊 Marine

Ayu sweetfish

Plecoglossus altivelis

DD 🔄 Diadromous

backfin tapirfish

Lipogenys gillii

🌊 Marine

Banded driftfish

Psenes arafurensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Banded tilapia

Tilapia sparrmanii

LC 💧 Freshwater

Barbel steed

Hemibarbus labeo

LC 💧 Freshwater

Basketwork eel

Diastobranchus capensis

VU 🌊 Marine

Bassogigas Gillii

Bassogigas gillii

LC 🌊 Marine

Belanger's croaker

Johnius belangerii

LC 🌊 Marine

Benttooth bristlemouth

Cyclothone acclinidens

LC 🌊 Marine

Bertelsen's lanternfish

Diaphus bertelseni

LC 🌊 Marine

Bigeye cigarfish

Cubiceps pauciradiatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Bigeye scad

Selar crumenophthalmus

LC 🌊 Marine

Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus

VU 🌊 Marine

Bighead portholefish

Margrethia obtusirostra

DD 🌊 Marine

Bigscale deepsea smelt

Melanolagus bericoides

LC 🌊 Marine

Bigwing halfbeak

Oxyporhamphus micropterus

🌊 Marine

Biwia Zezera

Biwia zezera

LC 💧 Freshwater

Black gemfish

Nesiarchus nasutus

LC 🌊 Marine

Black jack

Caranx lugubris

LC 🌊 Marine

Black swallower

Chiasmodon niger

LC 🌊 Marine

Black triggerfish

Melichthys niger

LC 🌊 Marine

Blue sea chub

Kyphosus cinerascens

LC 🌊 Marine

Blue tilapia

Oreochromis aureus

💧 Freshwater

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Blunthead puffer

Sphoeroides pachygaster

LC 🌊 Marine

Bony-eared assfish

Acanthonus armatus

LC 🌊 Marine