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Fish Species of Japan
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
307
Total Species
14
Threatened
66
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Abbottina Rivularis
Abbottina rivularis
LC
🌊 Marine
Abyssal cutthroat eel
Meadia abyssalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Abyssal halosaur
Halosauropsis macrochir
LC
🌊 Marine
Afele's dwarfgoby
Eviota afelei
LC
🌊 Marine
African pompano
Alectis ciliaris
LC
🌊 Marine
Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
LC
🌊 Marine
Alfonsino
Beryx decadactylus
LC
🌊 Marine
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus anderseni
LC
🌊 Marine
Arrowtail
Melanonus zugmayeri
LC
🌊 Marine
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
backfin tapirfish
Lipogenys gillii
🌊 Marine
Banded driftfish
Psenes arafurensis
LC
🌊 Marine
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
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
Blunthead puffer
Sphoeroides pachygaster
LC
🌊 Marine
Bony-eared assfish
Acanthonus armatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bristlemouth
Cyclothone alba
LC
🌊 Marine
Brown chub
Kyphosus bigibbus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bullet tuna
Auxis rochei
LC
🌊 Marine
Channel scabbardfish
Evoxymetopon taeniatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Cobia
Rachycentron canadum
LC
🌊 Marine
Cocco's lantern fish
Lobianchia gemellarii
LC
🌊 Marine
Comet dwarfgoby
Eviota cometa
LC
🌊 Marine
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
LC
🌊 Marine
🍽️ ★★★★★
Constellationfish
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Cosmopolitan Whipnose
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
DD
🌊 Marine
Dana pearleye
Scopelarchoides danae
LC
🌊 Marine
Deep-water arrowtooth eel
Histiobranchus bathybius
DD
🌊 Marine
Deepbody boarfish
Antigonia capros
LC
🌊 Marine